They were not paying out the black players because they said that black players were already stupid.” There are no black coaches, and they had a concussion lawsuit where they were paying out only the white boys who were playing. The 42-year-old Terrell, who is now retired, said racism in the NFL still exist today. “I just keep it moving.” He said many people equate his experience to that of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick who took a knee during the national anthem at the start of the NFL games to protest police brutality against blacks and racial inequality in the U.S. “I don’t have time to be holding grudges,” Terrell said. “Prominent people saw it so, what kind of image are you projecting?” Terrell said the day that happened he received a flurry of calls from his team warning him of what the Broncos staff had done. And, to deepen the wound, Terrell said the T-shirt he made with Obama’s face on it that said, “Free Mind,” was duplicated by the Bronco’s staff “but they put a red circle around Obama’s face with a bar across it and wore them to work the next day.” That, he said, “was hurtful.” Reflecting on that day he thought was historic, Terrell said after the kicker he gave for Obama, he got cut from the team. They were afraid to show up because Obama was the first black man to win the Democratic nomination and then he became president.” “I gave passes to everyone but only two visitors came and they were walk on’s who played with me on the team. So excited about Obama’s campaign, Terrell had T-shirts made with Obama’s face on them. “I invited my whole team and everyone who worked in the Broncos building, but they didn’t show up except two people.” “I threw his first kicker at the Air Force base in Denver for him to kick off his campaign.” He said 10,000 people showed up. “I helped him with his campaign starting when I was in Chicago,” recalled Terrell. He was excited over the presidential election especially since he had become the chief surrogate for Obama’s campaign. Terrell was in Denver where the Democratic National Convention was being held.
The year was 2008, and the African American community was excited over Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. racist politics the hard way and one that help end his successful football career he blames on “modern-day (NFL) slavery.”
David Terrell, who played receiver for the Chicago Bears as #83 in 2001 and later for the Denver Broncos in 2008 got a cruel, crash course U.S.
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