Granderson: The NFL should stop running from its racial history (via latimesopinion)
Expect plenty of Super Bowl talk when the Los Angeles Rams face off against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in L.A. on Sunday. First, Bucs quarterback Tom Brady is basically synonymous with the Super Bowl, and his team is the defending champion. Second, it’s a preview of sorts, because L.A. will be hosting the Super Bowl this season, for the first time since 1993.
It’s an undertold story, especially considering that both Washington and Woody Strode, who signed with the Rams two months after Washington, were Robinson’s teammates in the football program at UCLA. Although the Bruins retired Washington’s number and he’s in the College Football Hall of Fame, he is nowhere near as celebrated by the NFL as Robinson is by MLB and by American culture at large.
Kevin Demoff, chief operating officer of the Rams, said that when the team moved back to Los Angeles, it began working with Washington’s family to help promote his story. The Rams plan an event toward the end of this season to mark the 75th anniversary of Washington signing with the Rams. “I think Kenny’s story should be well told in the NFL and known by the players, teams and everyone who loves the game,” he said. “All four players should have their stories celebrated.
It’s only by acknowledging the obstacles that one can fully appreciate the breakthrough. The NFL can provide that spotlight. If the league took a mulligan on the telling of integration, millions would listen.Glauber credits Paul Brown, the Cleveland Browns co-founder, with integrating that league: “He did it with a purpose. Not a civil rights purpose, but he wanted the best team possible and wanted to sign the best players possible. That was it.
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