GBN Daily Drop Podcast: Washington Commanders President Jason Wright, the 1st Black Person to Run an NFL Franchise (LISTEN)

by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson)

Here is GBN’s Daily Drop for Sunday, February 6th on Washington Commanders president Jason Wright, the first Black person to run a National Football League franchise.

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SHOW TRANSCRIPT:

Hey, this Lori Lakin Hutcherson, founder and editor in chief of GoodBlackNews.org, here to share with you a daily drop of Good Black News for Sunday, February 6th, 2022, based on the “A Year of Good Black News Page-A-Day Calendar” published by Workman Publishing. It’s in the category for Black Firsts we call “It’s About Time”:

Not many NFL players set their post-career sights on graduate school, but former pro running back Jason Wright traded in his cleats for wingtips when he earned his master’s degree in business administration from University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 2013.

Wright scored even bigger in 2020 when he became President of the Washington Football team (now officially known as the Washington Commanders) and the first Black person to run a National Football League franchise.

If you want to learn more about Wright, links are provided in today’s show notes.

• https://www.commanders.com/team/front-office-roster/jason-wright
• https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/always-connect-never-give-up-an-interview-with-jason-wright
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/07/10/washington-football-team-future-jason-wright/

This has been a daily drop of Good Black News, based on the “A Year of Good Black News Page-A-Day Calendar for 2022,” published by Workman Publishing, and available at workman.com, Amazon, Bookshop and other online retailers.

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