Barry Larkin, Hall of Fame Shortstop; Project Unity - Discusses his initiative launched last month to bring people together during the pandemic. The initiative is bringing to light the issues in our communities with a baseball perspective. He wanted to bring attention to and be part of the solution of bring people together and healing the wounds. He discusses how to get more black folks to play baseball.
Mike Freeman, NFL Writer; Author of Football's Fearless Activists says social issues are still at the top of the players' minds. Its just difficult once the season started. Eric Reid and Colin Kaepernick should be in the league. Its a disgrace. The NFL has been forced to talk about the issues but its good that its on the top of their minds. Many folks knew Kap was right. His message was attacked by the most powerful man in the world and was able to warp his message. The league just had no idea how to handle Kap's message. The vast majority of black athletes are energized to speak out.
Doug Glanville, Former MLB Outfielder; ESPN Baseball Analyst; Author; Activist - Often thinks about how he would react today if he was playing in this space. Would have been very involved today. When you have a chance to make change you must take part. When he played athletes couldn't have gotten involved to this extent. Shared a story of dealing with folks who were against his activism while playing at the Penn. Baseball has been behind for a long time. They are taking steps to be current