While seven out of 10 players are Black, no Black person has ever held a majority stake in an NFL team.
In a league with so many athletes of color, “it just seems to me that it’s a standard that they’d want to live up to,” Biden said.
“It’s not a requirement of law but it’s a requirement of, I think, just generic decency.”Media mogul Byron Allen is looking to buy the Denver Broncos in an auction that could reach $4 billion or more. He would be the first Black owner in the 102-year-old NFL.Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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