RENTON Doug Baldwin knew his best chance to succeed in his initiatives for social and racial equality in America is to include the broader NFL community.
And to do that, he knew he had to go to the very top of America’s sports and entertainment behemoth.
The Seahawks’ top wide receiver turned his year-plus push for change in justice policies and equality across our country into a league-wide effort by asking NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to co-sign his letter to Congress endorsing a criminal justice bill.
“I did,” Baldwin said Tuesday, the same day the league publicized his letter.