vince lombardi, whose trophy everybody was chasing, is from a different era. at coach. in a biography of lombardi, the story is told of a running back named roy mcdonald who, in 1968, was arrested for a public sexual encounter with another man. >> coach lombardi could have none of it, and one of the reasons was, his own brother was also gay. vince did know that herald was gay. here's where the coach shared app open mind. he ignored catholic teaching against homosexuality and considered gays another group deserving respect like blacks and italians, american indians. in later years, he would have players that were gay and would quietly root for them. players like michael sam, right? vince lombardi died in 1970. 44 years later an openly gay player is making a living playing a game they both loved. winning is not a sometimes thing. in honor of coach lombardi and michael sam, all the players and the fact that the season starts this weekend, your simple cocktail moment this weekend, i make a bastardized version of this, because i believe in deliciousness over purity

this is not vince lombardi's football league. this is very, very wrong. they are morally krumt. >> where is this heading? you work for a liberal magazine and i'm wondering, where do you think this experience with this case and the other case, child beating, wife beating, this is about beating up people. >> this is a violent society, a violent game. often time that violence can't be contained on the field. people want their players to be the equivalent of officers and gentlemen. violent on the field and community leaders off. that's not how it works. sally said why do we care about the nfl being a moral leader at all and saying the game is where the game is. where i think this is heading, if roger goodell won't give up, he will be the judge, jury and commissioner of the league and borrow some rules so there's a standard so they don't careen. >> i don't follow you on that. i think there can be very tough fighters. mohammed ali is one of my heroes the way he fought for his principles. you never heard of him getting involved in the middle of a night somewhere

we'll call it the redskins and then the logo will be an r, and then win vince lombardi died they went. it's one of theqv great nfl te. >> there are those who think the redskins name is offensive. there's another network that says that they think that saying redskins is akin to using the n-word. >> i've never heard that heard argument made seriously. and with any credence. the redskins are a great team. they pack that stadium. as far as i know, they haven't lost any advertisers. >> they packed that statement when they were 3-13. >> correct. this is a private decision for the owners of that team. it is not a role for government. on the other hand, if people want to boycott the team, because they don't like the name, that's their privilege. >> what do you go, go to the atlanta indians -- >> where does this stop? there you go. are they offended by the name of the new york giants? are people in the south offended -- >> people are by the giants, period. >> the new york yankees? where does it stop? if you don't like the team, go watch another team. >> there you go. a sideways hamburger for

instead he's screaming about minimum wage and fair pay yesterday in a way in which you would think vince lombardi was giving a halftime speech. he has to go out of his way to explain to the american people why they should care, but still, the american people are pivoting nonetheless. >> frustrated as well. you look back to 2007, the president alluded to the fact he thought it would change the world once he was inaugurateded, that he would be able to understand muslims and therefore crimes like this would not occur and the world would be safer because he had understanding. well years later, it doesn't seem to be working. his strategy seems to be himself not a good one. >> himself, he is a politician and that's why they talk about minimum wage and stuff like that at a time when we're worried about isis. the number one topic, i was at a bunch of picnics over the weekend that's all anybody was talking about. it's clear we're under attack and it will not go away if we choose not to respond. the president can say some words, but still, we haven't done anything. we are going to put 350 more people on th

vince lombardi, the namesake of the super bowl trophy, said he viewed his players as neither black nor white, but packer green. anything for football. meant he had to fight racism and homephobia off the field to coach the best football team possible. recently anything for football has been used to justify an organization that perpetuates violence and sexism rather than teamwork, family, and sport. instead of fighting injustice off the field for the sake of the sport, the nfl chooses deafening silence. we are told to ignore what happens on the sidelines in disciplinary board rooms, or behind elevator doors. all for the sport. well, i refuse to ignore what is happening. the nfl thinks they can play by their own rules. as we saw in the ray rice case, these decisions go all the way to the top. commissioner roger goodell is judge and jury. yet he is also the one who stands to profit by seeing these cases hushed and unpunished. since he took over the nfl in 2006, there have been 56 arrests of players for domestic violence. the nfl has been inconsistent in its response ranging from counseling