In speaking with former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho on his YouTube show, "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell addressed the league's handling of Colin Kaepernick's national anthem protest.
Goodell offered an apology to Kaepernick, saying he wished the league had listened to the quarterback's reasoning for kneeling sooner.
“I wish we had listened earlier, Kaep, to what you were kneeling about and what you were trying to bring attention to." Goodell said. "We had invited him in several times to have the conversation, to have the dialogue. I wish we had the benefit of that, we never did.