Instead of focusing on football on Friday the Ravens instead focused on the themselves and the issues at the forefront of our nation.
MEETING AS A TEAM AND CALLINGFOR CHANGE WHEN IT COMES TORACISM IN OUR COUNTRY, THERAVENS ALTERED THEIR SCHEDULEAGAIN TODAY.
WMAR-2 NEWS SHAWNSTEPNER IS IN OWINGS MILLS ANDTELLS US WHY THEY TWEAKETODAYThe Ravens changing things uptoday.
The team altering theirtraining camp schedule afterThursdayaction.
John Harbaugh, RavensHead Coach: The eventscertainly, the conversations,the emotions of it, weresomething that the playerstalked about.
The fact thatwetomorrow.
All those thingswent into play.
Instead oftheir scheduled practice, theRavens holding a typicalin-season day.
Meetings and awalk- through.
Theorganization also sayingplayers and coachesparticipating in what theycall’a team unifying sessionsurrounding social justicereformboth body and mind.
Harbaugh:I told them this - for me itmore football and for thoseguys it might have been moreemotional.
Fridayscheduling comes after theRavens practiced Thursdaythen met as a team to discusscontinued plans for socialjustice work.
Harbaugh: Wewere in there for a long time.I dontwo-and-a-half hours we are inthere and it was really greaWe had some reallyinteresting, deep, thoughtful,challenging things were saidback and forth, but in love.They were spoken in love.Thursday evening the Ravensreleasing a strong aspecific statement denouncingracial injustice and callingfor specific actions totaken.
Harbaugh: Not everybodyis going to agree with evepoint in that statement.
Noteverybody on our team probablis going to agree with everyaspect of it.
But the abilityto respect one anotheopinion and come up withsomething together that isworkable that we could goforward with, I think is goodexample of how you work everyproblem.
And Iguys for doing that.
As far asplayers*no* playing games ifthey donchanges they want to see,Harbaugh doesnwill happen.
Harbaugh: I dobelieve weto play.
But I donsure.
Inot something we talked about.For the full Ravens statementreleased Thursday just head toour website.
WMAR2News.com.
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Although the Baltimore Ravens announced that practice was canceled Friday morning for a team unifying session surrounding social..
