Jay-Z and Trump provoke tension at Miami Dolphins training camp

Although Washington D.C. is more than 1500 km from Miami, Donald Trump's shadow has been broadcast throughout the Dolphins training camp.

Earlier this month, Miami owner Stephen Ross organized a fundraiser for President Trump and angered one of the team's top players, wide receiver Kenny Stills.

Stills, kneeling since the national anthem since 2016 to protest racial inequality and police brutality, has made an exception about the fundraising charges raised by Ross between $ 5,600 and $ 250,000 for having the chance to rub shoulders with President Trump while leading a non-profit organization called RISE. who claims to be committed to eliminating racial discrimination.

? You can not have a nonprofit with this mission statement, open your doors to Trump. https://t.co/sNBWfEXvLn pic.twitter.com/nNkRf2wJep

– Kenny Stills (@KSTiLLS) August 7, 2019

In addition to tweeting about it, Stills texted Ross about the problem.

"We agreed to disagree, and that's it," said Stills, via the Palm Beach Post. "There is not much to discuss. He has his feelings about it and he stays firm and I respect him. But I do not agree, and I told him there was no resentment. There is no beef and win a few games this year.

Now, a week after the conclusion of this agreement, Ross has once again done something that will no doubt attract Stills' attention.

On Tuesday, Ross left the NFL Social Justice Committee, of which he was one of the founding members. "Stephen made the decision last week and informed the NFL and the members of the working committee that he was going to withdraw from the group and continue to focus his efforts on RISE," said a spokesman for the Dolphins, according to ESPN. "He believes and is always fully engaged in the work of the group and will always be a passionate supporter and tireless advocate for causes of social justice, the struggle for equal rights and education. "

It is possible that Stills remains mom. Miami's head coach, Brian Flores, has expressed his wish that the general public has not publicly criticized Ross about the Trump fundraiser.

Flores was also doubling his message to Stills on Tuesday when playing eight songs from Jay-Z as a result.

Following the announcement of the NFL rapper's new association announced last week, Stills criticized Jay-Z in the same way he had been to Ross.

"Talking about" we're going on our knees, "as he has never protested," Stills said about some of Jay-Z's comments after the partnership, via ESPN. "He is not an NFL player. He has never been on one knee. To choose to speak for the people as he had spoken to the people. … To say that we spend something, it did not seem very enlightened. I felt like [Jay-Z] really discredited Colin [Kaepernick] and myself and the work that is done in our communities. "

Who knows what Flores was trying to accomplish with this continuous stream of Jay-Z songs. However that may be, it was probably not enough to solve all the off-road issues that arose for Fins in August.

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