On Friday, a day after an emotional video was released by a group of NFL superstars, Commissioner Roger Goodell made a dramatic statement on camera. He said that the league was wrong for not listening to NFL players' concerns about police brutality, and he encouraged players to speak out and peacefully protest. It was a dramatic about-face for the league, which had previously tried to ban players from protesting during the national anthem. The Athletic’s Lindsay Jones joins us to tell the inside story of the video that forced Goodell to make this monumental shift, and how it was masterminded by an NFL employee who was fed up with the league and decided to go rogue.

Read Lindsay Jones and Jourdan Rodrigue's insider account of how NFL players forced Roger Goodell's hand:

https://theathletic.com/1857643/2020/06/06/inside-nfl-players-black-lives-matter-video-and-how-it-forced-goodells-hand/?source=theleadpodcast

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