The Seattle Seahawks were originally scheduled to practice Saturday afternoon following player interviews in the morning. All that changed, however, when it was announced coach Pete Carroll would be speaking to the media, first.
Carroll then addressed reporters and everyone else watching the team’s live stream about the racial injustices still plaguing Black Americans, including his own players, every single day in our country.
“The really amazing thing I’ve learned, Black people know the truth,” Carroll said. “They know exactly what’s going on. It’s white people that don’t know. We know what’s right and what’s wrong. We’ve just been unwilling to listen to it.”
Carroll said his players have been “calling out” and he, himself then made an immediate call for action.
"March together to get everybody in this country to vote so that everybody has the voice."
– @PeteCarroll pic.twitter.com/H9eiQni9Cb
— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) August 29, 2020
“We’ve got 60 days,” Carroll said. “There’s a march on Washington that was all about commitment. Well, why not take these 60 days and make a commitment to vote and march together to get everybody in this country to vote so that everybody has the voice and everybody that needs to speak out gets heard, and we don’t let anybody squelch any aspect of the voting potential. Not one frickin’ vote. And we need to start now.”
Carroll promised all Seahawks players would be registered to vote by the end of the day. Carroll kept his word.
All of our players have officially registered to vote.
Join us and make your voice heard, check your registration status and more here » https://t.co/7AzFdYtAXR pic.twitter.com/CpkxXOOpBA
— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) August 29, 2020
