Ricky Williams, Terrell Owens, and Simeon Rice are just a few names of former NFL players who have announced plans to form a new player-friendly, political activism-promoting football league named the Freedom Football League.
"The purpose of this league is about community and the development of players," Williams told ESPN. The FFL, he explained, will be "partly owned by the players, partly owned by the fans, and partly owned by the operators."
"In thinking about creating this league, I wanted to create a league that I could have stayed in and been comfortable and really thrived," he said. "The NFL started a long time ago, and since then a lot of things have changed. And we want to create a league that's ready for that change and invite some more of it."
He added that the FFL currently has about one hundred stakeholders, with fifty former NFL players. Its season will run during the spring.
"The purpose of this league is about community and the development of players," Williams told ESPN. The FFL, he explained, will be "partly owned by the players, partly owned by the fans, and partly owned by the operators."
"In thinking about creating this league, I wanted to create a league that I could have stayed in and been comfortable and really thrived," he said. "The NFL started a long time ago, and since then a lot of things have changed. And we want to create a league that's ready for that change and invite some more of it."
He added that the FFL currently has about one hundred stakeholders, with fifty former NFL players. Its season will run during the spring.
