In a video released on Twitter Thursday evening, several prominent NFL players demanded a revised statement from the league on the issue of systemic racism, which has been brought to the spotlight after the May 25 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The 71-second video, which features Patrick Mahomes, Odell Beckham Jr., Saquon Barkley, Tyrann Mathieu and Deshaun Watson, among other, shows players reading from the same script:
It’s been 10 days since George Floyd was brutally murdered. How many times do we need to ask you to listen to your players? What will it take?