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Commanders Coach Ron Rivera fined defensive coordinator Jack Del
Rio $100,000 on Friday for comments in which the coach minimized
the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol as a “dust-up” and
compared it to the racial protests that followed George Floyd’s
murder in 2020.

In a statement released by the team, Rivera said that he met
with Del Rio on Friday morning to discuss his comments two days
earlier and that Del Rio apologized.

“Coach Del Rio did apologize for his comments on Wednesday and
he understands the distinction between the events of that dark
day and peaceful protests, which are a hallmark of our
democracy,” Rivera’s statement read. “He does have the right to
voice his opinion as a citizen of the United States and it most
certainly is his constitutional right to do so. However, words
have consequences and his words hurt a lot of people in our
community. I want to make it clear that our organization will
not tolerate any equivalency between those who demanded justice
in the wake of George Floyd’s murder and the actions of those on
Jan. 6 who sought to topple our government.”

Svrluga: Jack Del Rio can choose his words. The Commanders can
choose their coaches.

The fine will be donated to the U.S. Capitol Police Memorial
Fund, which supports families of officers hurt or killed in the
line of duty.

Del Rio, who has often been vocal about his political beliefs
and ideologies on social media, responded to a tweet Monday in
which he questioned “the whole story” of why the “summer of
riots, looting, burning and destruction of personal property is
never discussed” but the Jan. 6 attack is.

When asked about the tweet by reporters Wednesday following a
team practice, he doubled down, saying: “Why are we not looking
into those things? Because it’s kind of hard for me to say — I
can realistically look at it, I see the images on TV, people’s
livelihoods are being destroyed, businesses are being burned
down. No problem. And then we have a dust-up at the Capitol.
Nothing burned down, and we’re not going to talk about — we’re
going to make that a major deal.”

Speaking to reporters earlier Wednesday, Rivera initially
declined to discuss Del Rio’s tweets but said he was “not
necessarily” worried they would affect the locker room. The team
did not respond to requests for comment Wednesday or Thursday.

The fallout from his remarks was swift and strong, with current
and former players speaking out in dismay. An NFL player, who
previously played for Del Rio and spoke on the condition of
anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, told The
Washington Post the comments irked but didn’t surprise him,
“because I’ve heard these for the last two, three years. He’s
been consistent. … People died, and he wants to call it ‘a dust-
up.’ ”

The player added that he would have trouble playing for Del Rio
again “because he doesn’t support me as a human being” and said
the coach would never have made those comments “if he didn’t
feel like he had a bunch of people agreeing with him.”

Del Rio issued an apology on Twitter late Wednesday, saying that
his reference of the Jan. 6 attack as a “dust-up” was
“irresponsible and negligent.” But his previous comments
continued to make waves throughout the week.

Two Virginia senators said Wednesday that, in the wake of Del
Rio’s comments, they could no longer support legislation
intended to entice the Commanders to build a new stadium in the
state. The bill was pulled entirely a day later, and State
Senate Majority Leader Richard L. Saslaw (D-Fairfax) cited Del
Rio’s remarks as one of the deciding factors.

NAACP calls for Jack Del Rio’s job after Jan. 6 ‘dust-up’ comment

On Thursday, the president of the NAACP, Derrick Johnson, issued
a statement calling for Del Rio to resign or be fired. And Rod
Graves, the executive director of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, a
diversity group that works closely with the NFL on its minority
hiring, said Del Rio’s comments “go against the values” of the
alliance and the NFL.

“His comments do not reflect the organization’s views and are
extremely hurtful to our great community here in the DMV,”
Rivera said in his statement. “As we saw [Thursday] night in the
[Jan. 6 committee] hearings, what happened on the Capitol on
Jan. 6, 2021, was an act of domestic terrorism. A group of
citizens attempted to overturn the results of a free and fair
election, and as a result, lives were lost and the Capitol
building was damaged. …

“I feel strongly that after our conversation this morning, he
will have a greater understanding for the impact of his language
and the values that our team stands for.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/06/10/del-rio-fined-
commanders/

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