NFL controversies

American football player (born 1987)

neurodegenerative disease caused by head injury

criminal trial decided October 3, 1995 in United States

American football player (born 1982)

2004 edition of the Super Bowl

Aaron Josef Hernandez was an American professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played three seasons with the New England Patriots until his arrest and conviction for the murder of Odin Lloyd.

2006 edition of the Super Bowl

American football player (born 1980)

Antonio Tavaris Brown Sr., nicknamed "AB", is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. During his first nine seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Brown developed a reputation as one of the greatest receivers of his era, but his career was also marked by various controversies.

American football player, running back

2004 controversy over indecent exposure on television

Redskin is a slang term for Native Americans in the United States and First Nations in Canada. The term redskin underwent pejoration through the 19th to early 20th centuries and in contemporary dictionaries of American English, it is labeled as offensive, disparaging, or insulting. Although the term has almost disappeared from contemporary use, it remains in use as a sports team name. The most prominent was the NFL's Washington Redskins, who resisted decades of opposition before retiring the name in 2020 following renewed attention to racial justice in the wake of the murder of George Flo

sports season

American football coach (born 1963)

series of protests by American athletes

American football player (born 1990)

American football player (born 1983)

American businessman (born 1964)

American football player and executive (1936–2023)

mass shooting in Manhattan, New York City on 28 July 2025

1968 American Football League game played between Oakland Raiders and New York Jets

controversy over mascots depicting Native Americans, First Nations people, and other indigenous characters

American football play in the 1999 NFL Playoffs