Minnesota Vikings running back Alexander Mattison said he received racist messages following the team\u2019s loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday Night Football. <\/p>\n
Mattison shared two screenshots of messages via Instagram on Friday, saying that he received more than 60 \u201cdisgustingly disrespectful messages.\u201d Both screenshots contained racial slurs and told Mattison to take his own life. <\/p>\n
\u201cY\u2019all can come at me all you want about fantasy and \u2018you suck\u2019 blah blah blah,\u201d Mattison wrote on Instagram. \u201cI really could care less. But this sh*t is unacceptable. \u2026 Really reflect on WTF you say and how it could affect someone. Under the helmet, I am a human.. a father.. a son. This is sick.\u201d <\/p>\n
The screenshots were later deleted from his account. <\/p>\n
The National Football League and the Vikings both issued statements on social media in support of Mattison. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are sickened by the hatred and racial slurs directed toward Alexander Mattison following last night\u2019s game,\u201d the Vikings said in the statement. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere simply is no room for racist words or actions in sports or society. The Vikings will continue to fight to eliminate hate, to educate and to foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community that respects and values our unique backgrounds. We stand with Alexander and all players who, unfortunately, experience this type of ignorant and prejudicial behavior, and we ask our fans to continue to fight to eliminate racism.\u201d <\/p>\n
The NFL added it \u201cstrongly condemns\u201d the racist comments, calling the behavior \u201ccompletely unacceptable in the NFL or anywhere else.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cWe stand firmly with Alexander and remind fans to remember the humanity of all players and celebrate their contributions to the game we all love,\u201d the league said. <\/p>\n
CJ LaBoy, Mattison\u2019s agent, posted on social media in support of his client, saying he was \u201cproud\u201d of him for sharing. <\/p>\n
\u201cThese types of messages hit these players inboxes all the time. This type of hate, vitriol has no place in our society, period. As disgusting as this is, I\u2019m proud of @AlexMattison22 for sharing,\u201d LaBoy said. <\/p>\n
\u201cUniversities, stadiums, teams should ban anyone that uses such language for life. There\u2019s no place in our world for that disgusting behavior and there\u2019s certainly no place in sports,\u201d LaBoy said. <\/p>\n
The 25-year-old Mattison rushed for 28 yards and lost a fumble in the first quarter during Thursday\u2019s 34-28 loss. <\/p>\n
Mattison was drafted in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft by the Vikings out of Boise State. Currently, in his fifth season, Mattison has rushed for 1,732 yards and 11 touchdowns in his career. He was named the starter this season after backing up Dalvin Cook who left for the New York Jets this past offseason. <\/p>\n
The Vikings\u2019 next game is on September 24 when the team hosts the Los Angeles Chargers. <\/p>\n\n
Minnesota Vikings running back Alexander Mattison said he received racist messages following the team\u2019s loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday Night Football. Mattison shared two screenshots of messages via Instagram on Friday, saying that he received more than 60 \u201cdisgustingly disrespectful messages.\u201d Both screenshots contained racial slurs and told Mattison to take his own <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}