New England Patriots cornerback Jason McCourty knows it won't be long until he finds himself having deep conversations about race once training camp opens.
The mixed nature of the National Football League will lend to a few uncomfortable but ultimately productive conversations on the heels of this civil unrest.
“I think it’s going to be an opportunity to uncomfortably have these discussions and to be able to really feel what each and every person in the locker room has gone through,” the Patriots CB told The Boston Herald. “Not only myself, but there are so many guys within the locker room from so many different backgrounds, races, demographics. That allows us a special moment, to be a melting pot. And really in that situation, to really be able to care for one another and be able to understand and talk to each other about what our journey has been like.
“I think that a unique setting that we have within the locker room that — Hey, we all have a common goal. We all want to do something special on the field. But at the same time, we have a responsibility to get to know each other and build on things we can do in the community. So I’m excited to see what the locker room will be like when you have 90 guys that are willing to care for one another and be able to make change together.”
The NFL offers quality athletes from all walks of life, different beliefs and upbringings. The Patriots talent will have his hands full explaining why Black Lives Matter and how to move toward racial equality, but that discomfort is the cost of helping along a process that is far overdue in the United States.
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