Seattle Seahawks receiver Doug Baldwin spoke about racism in the NFL with SI's Greg Bishop and Michael McNight for their special report "Football in America," and he said some people treat the league like an institution of slavery.
“I don’t know how to put this, but to some people the NFL is basically modern-day slavery,” Baldwin said. “Don’t get me wrong, we get paid a lot of money. There’s a sense of ‘shut up and play,’ that this is entertainment for other people. Then, when we go out in public we’re like zoo animals. We’re not human beings.