Election of Donald Trump Deepening Racial Divide in NFL Locker Rooms

November 10, 2016   ·   Mike Freeman   ·   Jump to comments

"One of the greatest days of my life," a white offensive lineman from the AFC told B/R. 
"Easily one of the worst days of my life," said a black offensive lineman, also from the AFC. "It's like my dog died. Worse." 
The reaction from NFL players to me in the wake of Donald Trump's election as the nation's 45th president was swift and long-lasting. It carried through election night, into the next morning, and throughout Wednesday. Over two dozen players expressed themselves in numerous complex thoughts, simple outbursts and heated arguments with me.
The general feeling among the six white players with whom B/R communicated was that the Trump election was good for the country and happened because Americans wanted change and a fixing of economic issues.
In sharp contrast, eight black players I spoke with expressed the sentiment that the Trump election was one of the ugliest moments in American history and was about white America wanting to keep blacks, and ot...

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