Following the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin, sports leagues around the country, including the NBA, NHL, WNBA, MLB and MLS, have postponed or canceled games to show their solidarity in protesting systemic racism.
While the NFL’s season has yet to start, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson believes the team would not have played this week had a game been scheduled.
“Yeah, for sure,” Wilson told 710 ESPN Seattle’s Danny and Gallant show Friday morning. “I think just witnessing what happened to Jacob and everything else and all the things that have added up to this, it’s devastating, truly devastating just to watch that and it’s not like this hasn’t been going on for years. That’s the scary part and sad part. The difference now is we get to see it every day because of social media and phones and everything else.”
The Seahawks were not slated to practice on Thursday, but many NFL teams that were, took the day off to show their support as well.
“I think what’s really disappointing is just knowing that we, as athletes, try to (make) a difference and sometimes people don’t want to listen and don’t want to recognize that that could have been us and that could be us,” Wilson said.
The Seahawks are set to practice at 2:00 p.m. PT on Friday afternoon.
