When NFL fans see players protesting or throwing their support behind an issue, New Orleans Saints players Demario Davis and Benjamin Watson want people to ask "Why?" before they criticize.
"It's easy for people to get caught up in the headlines," Davis said Tuesday (Sept. 11), referring to the national anthem protests that have been a talking point these last couple NFL seasons. "They can easily villainize or misinterpret what we're doing ... they don't know necessarily what's going on behind the scenes, and what these players are really protesting."
Davis and Watson are members of the Players Coalition, an independent nonprofit organization made up of a dozen NFL players working to draw awareness to social justice and racial equality issues around the country.