Every successful movement has a moment when it goes from social cause to a society’s demands. Maybe if the sports world represents the larger world the death of George Floyd has come to that moment when an everyman like Ryan Tannehill is in.
You see change across sports from a few years ago. NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue said the league was "wrong for not listening,” to players protesting against racial injustice. Drew Brees explained to President Trump why he apologized for saying players shouldn’t kneel during the national anthem.
NASCAR sent a direct message to its fan base, saying Confederate flags were no longer welcome at races and Bubba Wallace ran a, "Black Lives Matter” car.