With all due respect to Tom Brady, the real Most Valuable Player of Sunday’s Super Bowl LV was CBS’ James Brown.
Hosting the NFL championship showcase for an unprecedented 10th time, Brown scolded the league on its biggest day for its poor record when it comes to including Black people in leadership roles.
A Viola Davis-narrated piece reviewed the league’s history with inclusion of Black players, then exclusion in the 1930s and inclusion again, teeing up Brown to drive home where the NFL is today and where it clearly needs to be.
“It was painfully revealing in the story we just saw about how owners collaborated in 1933 to consciously and deliberately eliminate Black players from the league,” Brown said.