Former Dallas Cowboys Wide Receiver Says Players Have a ‘Slave-Type Mentality’ in the NFL and……..

Former Dallas Cowboys star wide receiver Terrell Owens made strong comments this week about NFL player’s relationships with team owners. He doesn’t think players have enough power in the current setup.

Owens was a guest on The Jason Lee Show Wednesday. Owens didn’t shy away from divisive comments during his appearance. He talked about race several times, including race being a factor in former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick being booted from the league.

Lee asked the Hall of Fame wide receiver why the NFL doesn’t have a black owner. After all, the majority of the athletes who play in the NFL are black. But most of the owners are white, except two, who are another race that is not black.

Owens said the NFL operated “like a good ol’ boys league” because of their voting system. Owners have to vote for an owner before they can own a team. Because the majority of NFL owners are white, their new inductees fit the status quo.

Owens said that imbalance in the structure of the league causes players to have a “slave-type mentality” when they join a team:

“You look at the dynamics of that, that slave-type mentality, and I think over the years we’ve had several conversations,” Owens said. “I know I have with a lot of the guys who play in the league.

Honestly, these owners, the way it’s set up. They honestly have these players thinking that we need them versus the players really understanding the power that they have.”

Owens didn’t use those words lightly. It’s an important discussion for the NFL to have in a league where most players are one race, but the people in power and signing paychecks are another.

Given the history of NFL owners using racial innuendo, it isn’t surprising to hear Owens say many players feel uncomfortable with the racial dynamics at play in ownership. And that’s nothing to speak of where the NFL is regarding black coaches to their white peers.