Reid Asks If NFL Commissioner Can ‘Act Against Racism’ Like NBA Did

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks to reporters following a closed-door Democratic policy lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. Senate Democrats and Republicans will hold strategy... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks to reporters following a closed-door Democratic policy lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. Senate Democrats and Republicans will hold strategy meetings during separate retreats in Washington on Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell held a Q & A on Twitter on Tuesday, and the office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) had a question.

“Commissioner Goodell, do you believe you have the authority to act against racism in the NFL like Mr. Silver did in the NBA?” Reid’s official Twitter account asked, using the #AskCommish hashtag.

Goodell did not immediately respond to Reid’s Twitter question.

Last week, NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced that the league had banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life, following the release of a recording featuring Sterling making numerous racist comments. Silver also announced that he intended to urge the league to force Sterling to sell the Clippers.

Following the NBA’s move, Reid publicly called on Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder to follow the NBA’s lead and change the team’s name.

“How long will the NFL continue to do nothing — zero — as one of its teams bears a name that inflicts so much pain on Native Americans?” Reid asked.

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  1. On Fox Not the News, the answer to that question is 'Benghazi!:"

  2. LOL @ Harry Reid trolling the NFL.

  3. Avatar for Libs Libs says:

    Why is Reid so obsessed with this matter? Senile dementia settling in?

  4. So, if you oppose racism, you are crazy or senile?

    LIbs is posting nasty nonsense!

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