uneventful tenure as the league s face of social justice? they brought him in not just to be an entertainer, not just to be do the halftime show, but to offer something more dynamic to the league that has been struggling with the issue of social and racial justice. would you agree with dominique in that the nfl saw this as an easy way to seem more in tune with racial issues without having to do the hard work? all right. it seems like we okay. we may have lost andrew. i m going to see if we can re-establish his connection. molly, let me throw that one to you. what do you make of this? i mean, i think you re always in trouble when you re relying on a corporation or a celebrity to do the right thing, right? it just is kind of problematic. and this is a big issue that needed big, bold legislation and
through it? all right. really quickly before i let you guys go, super bowl predictions. andrew, you re first. who you got? i think the home team takes this one. rams. molly? i don t even know who s playing. sorry. no worries. alonzo, who you got? oh, i got to go with the rams. they re the home team. oh, man. nobody s going with the underdogs. so i m going to have to go with cincinnati bengals. molly, you re neutral. andrew, alonzo, going with the home team, the l.a. rams. thank you so much for joining us. alonzo will be performing in california next saturday. if you are there, go check him out. thank you very much for joining us, guys. still ahead, the price of love. how the supply chain problems and inflation might be putting a kink in your valentine s day
who better than the iconic jay-z to serve for the league s change? what has his role been other than producing the super bowl halftime show? he doesn t appear to have been an overtly visible part of their strategy. take a listen to what dominique foxworth had to say on msnbc earlier. part of what they are buying is the good will that he had, that he possesses, and as far as black people are concerned. they are buying his blackness and trying to buy him as a blanket to throw over the kaepernick situation. and i think what comes with that is some responsibility, a level of responsibility. joining the panel, andrew beeten, sports reporter for the wall street journal. molly and alonzo are back with us. i m a huge jay-z fan, love, love, love his music. let s talk about what he has brought to the nfl here objectively. what do you make of jay-z s
i think we ve re-established connection with andrew bean. andrew, i don t know if you had a chance to hear my initial question to you. it was about whether or not you agreed with the assessment that jay-z was basically being used as dominique foxworth was saying earlier, former nfl player, that jay-z was being used as a cover to the real problems the nfl has without bringing about any meaningful or substantive change. well, dominique foxworth is one of the most thoughtful people on these issues and he s not the first person to bring this up. this was a topic that was a buzz saw for jay-z the moment he announced the partnership with the nfl. there were players like eric reed who stood with and kneeled with colin kaepernick. jay-z at the time, he said, we have moved past kneeling. i think that spoke to this dissonance that the players had