{"id":11229,"date":"2023-01-26T19:33:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T19:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/nfl-extends-partnership-with-players-coalition-offers-15-million-in-grants\/"},"modified":"2023-01-26T19:33:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T19:33:57","slug":"nfl-extends-partnership-with-players-coalition-offers-15-million-in-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/nfl-extends-partnership-with-players-coalition-offers-15-million-in-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Extends Partnership with Players Coalition, Offers $15 Million in Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The NFL is expanding its partnership with the Players Coalition to address issues of racial and social justice with a five-year extension and $15 million grant through its Inspire Change initiative. increase.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement, announced Thursday, says the league and its teams have exceeded a $250 million commitment to combat systemic racism.The NFL hit its goal four years ahead of schedule. It is said that it was done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFighting social injustice is an ongoing process,\u201d Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. \u201cThe NFL family understands our role in shaping and contributing to a more equitable future. The more we do it, the stronger our motivation continues to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NFL&#8217;s Social Justice Grants have helped over 650 local nonprofits, nearly 2,000 matching grants from current and former players, and more than 40 national grant partners.<\/p>\n<p>The Players Coalition is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to social justice and racial equality. The group works with 1,400 professional athletes, coaches and owners across sports leagues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We should always be vigilant in the fight for racial justice \u2014 and not just when there are mass protests in the streets and it&#8217;s popular to do so. Orleans and Philadelphia.&#8221; will continue to fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The NFL said the Inspire Change Initiative is narrowing its focus to four areas: education, economic development, police-community relations, and criminal justice reform.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NFL: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nfl and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP_NFL\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP_NFL\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP_NFL<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMiT2h0dHBzOi8vbmV3cy55YWhvby5jb20vbmZsLWV4dGVuZHMtcGxheWVycy1jb2FsaXRpb24tcGFydG5lcnNoaXAtMTkzMzU3OTA1Lmh0bWzSAVdodHRwczovL25ld3MueWFob28uY29tL2FtcGh0bWwvbmZsLWV4dGVuZHMtcGxheWVycy1jb2FsaXRpb24tcGFydG5lcnNoaXAtMTkzMzU3OTA1Lmh0bWw?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The NFL is expanding its partnership with the Players Coalition to address issues of racial and social justice with a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/yahoo_default_logo-1200x1200.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}