The Seattle Seahawks had a team meeting led by Pete Carroll that had nothing to do about football. Insead, it was talking about the important social issues going on in the world, something Bobby Wagner was very grateful for. According to Wagner, everyone was able to discuss their feelings and their anger towards the inequalities in the world.
The Seahawks veteran knows there are so many things that are bigger than football, and he is grateful that Carroll allowed the team to have that discussion.
“Coach Carroll is very aware of the things that are going on, so today we did not speak about football, we focused on what was going on in the world,” Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner said, via the team’s official website. “We gave anybody the opportunity to express their feelings, express their emotions and express their anger. Because at the end of the day, life is bigger than football. There’s a lot of things that are happening that are bigger than football, so [Carroll] provided an opportunity for guys to speak about the things they saw, the things they’re dealing with, what it’s like in the city that they’re in, . . .
Wagner knows that not everyone has a platform to discuss their feelings on those specific topics so being able to do in a safe space is important.
“I think it’s dope, because a lot of people don’t get to express those emotions, those feelings, and to have a platform and to have a situation where we could do that, it was great. It’s bigger than football.”
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