MILFORD, Conn., Feb. 25 (UPI) -- After reports surfaced over the weekend that the NFL is considering penalizing players on the field for using the racial slur most commonly directed toward African-Americans, one of the league’s top defensive players weighed in on the topic on Tuesday.
“I think it’s used as a term of endearment between players, and I think it’s so much a part of pop culture and culture in general that it’s going to be very hard to eliminate that from the game,” Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews told Dan Patrick. “I think is more something that should come from the locker room, organization, and team leaders to remove it if they see fit.”