The much anticipated player-owner social justice summit on Park Avenue is over, and what has changed?
It is hard to tell from the sanitized statement that the NFL and the players’ association jointly released after 13 players and 11 owners talked face-to-face about the national anthem protest debate that’s roiled the league — and its fan base.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith also participated in the meeting, which ran Tuesday morning as part of the league’s fall meetings in New York.
The resulting statement called the event, which included Dolphins owner Stephen Ross and three of his players (Michael Thomas, Julius Thomas and Kenny Stills), “productive.