USA TODAY
February 12, 2022
In February for Black History Month, USA TODAY Sports is publishing the series 28 Black Stories in 28 Days. We examine the issues, challenges and opportunities Black athletes and sports officials continue to face after the nation’s reckoning on race two years ago.
Before Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers became, well, all weird, he was one of the few white players who publicly and forcefully supported Colin Kaepernick and the entire Black Lives Matter movement. He spoke particularly loudly after the murder of George Floyd two years ago.
“My opinion is that social justice and social inequality is an issue,” Rodgers said. “I stand with my teammates in the belief that real change needs to happen.”