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Uneventful tenure as the leagues face of social justice? they brought him in not just to be an entertainer, not just to be do the halftime show, but to offer something more dynamic to the league that has been struggling with the issue of social and racial justice. would you agree with dominique in that the nfl saw this as an easy way to seem more in tune with racial issues without having to do the hard work? all right. it seems like we -- okay. we may have lost andrew. im going to see if we can ...

Through it? >> all right. really quickly before i let you guys go, super bowl predictions. andrew, youre first. who you got? >> i think the home team takes this one. rams. >> molly? >> i dont even know whos playing. sorry. >> no worries. alonzo, who you got? >> oh, i got to go with the rams. theyre the home team. >> oh, man. nobodys going with the underdogs. so im going to have to go with cincinnati bengals. molly, youre neutral. andrew, alonzo, going with the home team, the l.a. rams. thank you...

Who better than the iconic jay-z to serve for the leagues change? what has his role been other than producing the super bowl halftime show? he doesnt appear to have been an overtly visible part of their strategy. take a listen to what dominique foxworth had to say on msnbc earlier. >> part of what they are buying is the good will that he had, that he possesses, and as far as black people are concerned. they are buying his blackness and trying to buy him as a blanket to throw over the kaepernick ...

I think weve re-established connection with andrew bean. andrew, i dont know if you had a chance to hear my initial question to you. it was about whether or not you agreed with the assessment that jay-z was basically being used as dominique foxworth was saying earlier, former nfl player, that jay-z was being used as a cover to the real problems the nfl has without bringing about any meaningful or substantive change. >> well, dominique foxworth is one of the most thoughtful people on these issues...