Report: NFL planning additional social justice content in season-openers

The NFL is planning to implement more content addressing racial injustice to its Week 1 games this season, sources told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.

The league and players association have discussed allowing players to read personalized poems and deliver vignettes based on personal experiences with racial injustice, Fowler adds.

The NFL has previously thought of other social justice initiatives for the upcoming campaign, including playing what's traditionally known as the Black national anthem before the season-opening games.

Additionally, stenciling "End Racism" and "It Takes All of Us" messages on end-zone borders for all home openers and allowing players to don helmet decals honoring police brutality victims are also part of the league's plan.

Several NFL teams canceled practice earlier this week in protest of the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Wisconsin on Aug. 23. Players have been vocal in demonstrations since the incident, and "a few prominent Black players" reportedly want to sit out a game to force action.

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson said Friday that his team wouldn't have played if there was a game this week.

The NBA, NHL, MLB, WNBA, and other sports leagues postponed action this week after players from the Milwaukee Bucks decided not to play Game 5 of their first-round series against the Orlando Magic on Wednesday in response to the Wisconsin shooting.

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