Yesterday was various things. It was Columbus Day (he isn't cancelled yet? he was barely Italian) and Indigenous Persons Day and National Coming Out Day. President Biden's statements on such things matter, even if more concrete things are as well.
As to actions, now ex-coach Jon Gruden ("Chucky" ... a new Chucky t.v. series is also beginning) was found to have 2011-18 had a series of "racist, homophobic and misogynistic" (and criticism of dealing concussions) emails. Note his team now has the first openly gay player in the NFL. There was already a woman ref (which he opposed). As black sports analyst Joy Taylor noted, it showed a "lifestyle" not a "mistake."
This was found as part a still pending investigation of the Washington Football Team. 2018 (Gruden was in his fourth year of a ten year contract) is not ancient history. It also is in the middle of a key turning point in the #MeToo Era. Would a guy like him (even with a close relationship with ownership) be hired today? We have a growing understanding that we cannot just ignore things because they don't matter. Sports have more responsibility now. It was even in the past supposed to have a certain gravitas and honor. We have a ways to go.
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