Commanders NFL Coach Fines Assistant 100K Over ‘Dust up’ Remarks, Comparison of BLM Riots and Jan. 6 – Opinion

Earlier this week, my colleague Bonchie shared the news on the tale of Jack Del Rio, a defensive assistant coach for the NFL’s Washington RedskinsThe Commanders Football Team are being criticized by the media and elite sports pundit classes for remarks they made about the Jan 6 Capitol Riot and two previous summers’ BLM riots.

The controversy started when Del Rio recently commented on a post about the January 6th committee, wondering why the same emphasis isn’t put on the Black Lives Matter riots of 2020 that killed dozens of people and led to billions of dollars in damage.

Del Rio then addressed the controversy, such as it was, at Wednesday’s press conference:

When pressed on the matter at his press conference, Del Rio doubled down, going so far as to call January 6th a “dust-up,” downplaying its significance in relation to the BLM riots.

Unfortunately, as we have seen happen time and again in these high-profile situations, Jack Del Rio decided he had better bend the knee, take his lumps — and keep his high-paying job. He made his own decision later in the day. mea culpavia social media, an obvious forced press release

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— Jack Del Rio (@coachdelrio) June 8, 2022

As someone once intoned: “He chose poorly.”

On Friday, the coach of the Commanders, Ron Rivera released his own statement — not only highlighting his employee’s apparent failure as a good enough soldier for the left’s narrative du jour about what happened on January 6 in D.C.– but fining Del Rio $100,000, to boot.

When this is the obvious result of apologizing to the mob, I can’t feel much sympathy for Del Rio. He made his bed. It was a terrible shame.