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The NFL’s social injustice pledge would surpass the league’s current relationship with Salute to Service, a military appreciation campaign, and the NFL’s ongoing commitment to raising breast cancer awareness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Philadelphia Eagles player Malcolm Jenkins, a representative for the Players Coalition that worked on the social injustice deal, said he will end his on-field national anthem protest should they money come from the NFL. “If the league continues to come through or deliver on their word, then I see no need to go back to what I was doing,” Jenkins explained.<\/p>\n
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The Players Coalition has requested that the vast majority of the charitable NFL donations goes to the Hopewell Fund. The nonprofit says on its website that it helps “donors, social entrepreneurs, and other change makers quickly launch new, innovate social change projects.<\/p>\n
According to its IRS paperwork, the Hopewell Fund received just $6.5 million in contributions last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The NFL is taking drastic measures to prevent further protests of alleged social injustices and police brutality against people of color by committing at least $89 million over the next seven years to programs working to combat such discriminations. Ongoing kneeling during the singing of the national anthem has turned some fans away and kept […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":64355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,18,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
NFL Reportedly Commits $89 Million to Social Injustice Causes<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n