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Richard Sherman is back with things that make you go Hmm…  According to ESPN,

Richard Sherman does not agree with the NFL’s proposed ban on use of the N-word on the playing field, calling it an “atrocious idea” that is “almost racist.”

The league’s competition committee is expected to discuss a rule where players would be penalized 15 yards for using racial slurs on the field. Sherman lashed out at the proposal in a recent interview with themmqb.com, which surveyed three black players (Sherman, Tennessee Titans cornerback Jason McCourty and free-agent linebacker D’Qwell Jackson) on the proposal. Two of the three were against it, with only Jackson supporting the ban.

“It’s an atrocious idea,” Sherman, the Seattle Seahawks‘ star cornerback, told the website. “It’s almost racist to me. It’s weird they’re targeting one specific word. Why wouldn’t all curse words be banned then?”

Never thought about it like that, but he had a point.