Eric Dickerson: NFL ‘Needs A Black Commissioner’ To Fix Racial Inequity

Legend RB Eric Dickerson: ‘We Need A Black Commissioner’ To Fix NFL Racial Inequity

Eric Dickerson: NFL ‘Needs A Black Commissioner’ To Fix Racial Inequity!

Since Brian Flores has brought the issues of NFL Racial Inequity to the forefront by launching a lawsuit against the NFL and three of its teams; Legend RB Eric Dickerson believes that the league needs to make a drastic move to balance the scales of equality in the NFL…

CelebnSports247.com reports former Los Angeles Rams running back Eric Dickerson believes that the initial solution to the problem should be hiring a Black commissioner.

Dickerson said to OSDB:

We need a Black commissioner in the NFL and Black ownership for at least a few teams. A shift in power is the only thing that will change the way it is. You’re not going to make everyone happy, and I understand that. That’s not how life works, but we need to make real progress.

Dickerson also expressed his belief that the league’s lack of Black head coaches and Black owners is an issue.

Eric adds:

A shift in power is the only thing that will change the way it is…You’re not going to make everyone happy, and I understand that. That’s not how life works, but we need to make real progress.

Dickerson pointed to the strides in the NBA as an indicator of how the NFL can evolve.

The 61-year-old legend said:

The NFLPA can do a much better job of leveling the playing field and protecting its players, too. There is just such a disconnect between the players, and the league itself, and the player’s association.

Dickerson added that he’d like to see more from the NFL Players Association as well.

Look at what’s going on in the NBA. I talked to my friend Clyde Drexler about this when we had dinner a couple of weeks ago. NBA players and owners have a more balanced situation than the NFL does. Clyde and I agreed that the current pension for retired NFL players is laughable. It’s sad, and it could be different.

As for, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell he spoke with reporters in front of SoFi Stadium before Super Bowl LVI.

Goodell said:

We want to see Black head coaches in the NFL. And coaches of people of color, and eventually gender. That we think is all important.

He will say anything to save his @ss.

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