Earlier this month Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker made headlines when he suggested women at Benedictine College should focus on creating a family - rather than their careers. “I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolic lies told to you,” Butker said. “Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world, but I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.
I can tell you that my beautiful wife Isabelle would be the first to say her life truly started when she started living her vocation as a wife and as a mother.” Soon after he made the comments they started going viral on social media where he was either lauded for his religious views or criticized for suggesting women needed to produce offspring to have any value in today's society. His comments made such a firestorm that even NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was asked about it.
"We have over 3,000 players. We have executives around the league. They have diversity of opinions and thoughts just like America does," Goodell said, via Tom Pelissero .
"That’s something we treasure. That's part of what ultimately makes us as a society better. We're not going to go much beyond the statement we made last week.
" Everyone - save those who named Colin Kapernick as a clear delineation from Goodell's statement - thought the commissioner's comments were solid. "I don't agree with Butker but also he has the .