The president of the Kansas City Chiefs gave his opinion on a controversial speech by his kicker Harrison Butker during a commencement ceremony last spring.
In the speech at Benedictine College, Butker made a series of polarizing comments about President Joe Biden, the LGBTQ+ community and abortion, among others.
Speak with VarietyChiefs president Mark Donovan said he had “a lot of good conversations with Harrison” after the speech. He added that his goal is to respect everyone, regardless of their beliefs.
‘You have to look at it from the perspective of a team and a dressing room. In our dressing room, like in any family, there are people with different opinions,” he says. “And one of the things we preach is respect.
“So I respect Harrison’s views. I don’t necessarily agree with him. He needs to respect that I don’t necessarily agree with him and we need to communicate that. And that was one of the things we talked about and he was very supportive of that.”
Chiefs president Mark Donovan addressed kicker Harrison Butker’s controversial speech
Donovan continued, “It is used in almost every situation we deal with in a positive way. Make a decision based on respect. We’ve had problems in the past in the locker room with guys – not to get political, but to get political, there are guys with a Black Lives Matter hat and a Make America Great Again hat in the locker next to him.
“You can believe those things, which may be different in some ways, but you’re going to play together and you’re going to respect each other.”
Shortly after the speech was delivered, Jonathan Beane, the NFL’s senior vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer, said, “His views are not those of the NFL as an organization. The NFL is steadfast in our commitment to inclusivity, which only makes our league stronger.”
Butker recently opened up his comments, specifically saying that a woman’s “main title” should be “housewife” while speaking to Fox News.
“I tried to speak life for so many women who have dedicated their lives to being the housewife, the one who raises the children, and it is a beautiful role, but it is not a role that should be diminished,” he said during the speech. October 10 interview.
‘There is nothing shameful if you are a woman and want to spend time with your family and raise your children. So it’s not a shame for someone who might want to get a good education and have a career.”
He continued, “But it’s more about how beautiful it is for women to maybe just step aside and prioritize their family and spend time with their children and raise their families. And that’s exactly what I was trying to talk about about love.”