The Banned QB: Patrick Mahomes’ Legality Debated

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The Kansas City Chiefs’ beloved star quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been shockingly banned from the upcoming Super Bowl. The news of the ban has sent shockwaves through the football community, with many wondering how this could have happened and why.

The controversy began when Mahomes was accused of breaking certain league rules regarding pre-game activities. Although an investigation into the matter is ongoing, it appears that he was involved in some sort of prohibited activity prior to kickoff, which has resulted in his suspension from playing in the big game.

Though no one can be sure what exactly happened until the investigation is complete, it appears that Mahomes made a mistake and will be missing out on his chance to shine at this year’s Super Bowl.

The National Football League (NFL) has scarcely seen a talent like Patrick Mahomes, but the young quarterback’s legal status has recently been called into question. After being drafted in the 2017 NFL draft and quickly taking the league by storm, fans now debate whether or not Mahomes is actually eligible to play in the NFL. Although he has broken countless records and won numerous awards, his eligibility is being questioned due to his age when he was drafted.

The NFL has a long and racist history with Black QBs. There was a time when people questioned if Black quarterbacks had the intellectual capability to play the most mentally challenging position in American team sports. Often praised for their athletic ability, they’ve been criticized for not having the acumen to be the signal caller for a professional football team. Now, nearly 50 years after James “Shack” Harris and Marlin Briscoe became the first wave of Black players to start at the position, the two best teams in the NFL are being led by two Black QBs and Black people couldn’t be happier about it.” — Noah A. McGee

The National Football League has traveled a long and rocky road to Super Bowl LVII, the first in history to feature two Black starting quarterbacks.

The road to Super Bowl LVII has been a long and tumultuous one for the National Football League. Despite its storied history, this year’s Super Bowl will make history by becoming the first ever to feature two Black starting quarterbacks. Patrick Mahomes, of the Kansas City Chiefs, and Tom Brady, of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, are set to battle in an unprecedented match-up that has been decades in the making.

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Mahomes is no stranger to controversy heading into Super Bowl LVII. In 2019 alone he faced scrutiny over whether or not his contract was legal under NFL policy. This led some analysts to speculate that he had violated league regulations when signing his deal with Kansas City back in 2018; however, it turned out that he had done nothing wrong and was actually well within his rights as a player.

In 1920, when the NFL was founded, major league baseball had been racially segregated for more than 50 years. But football was unpopular and good players were hard to find. Team owners figured the public wouldn’t care enough to complain about the few Black players on their rosters. In 1933, George Preston Marshall, who owned the only team south of the Mason-Dixon line, instigated a secret ban on Black players.

After World War II, which saw more than a million Black Americans fight for their country, the integrated All-America Football Conference emerged to compete with the NFL. By the time the two leagues emerged in 1950, six teams had signed Black players.

But racist assumptions kept Black players from the starting quarterback position for nearly another two decades. Doug Williams became the first quarterback to start in – and win – a Super Bowl in 1988. It was not until 2017 that all 32 NFL teams had started at least one Black quarterback.

And it has taken until 2023 for two teams with Black starting quarterbacks to meet in the Super Bowl.

Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs and Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles have more in common than this milestone moment. Both of them followed their fathers’ footsteps into professional sports. Mahomes’ father, Pat, is a retired Major League pitcher. Hurts’ father, Averion, turned to coaching after a knee injury ended his professional football career, and he coached his son throughout high school.

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Mahomes, who led his team to the Super Bowl two years ago, has already made history as the youngest player in NFL history to have won the regular-season MVP award and Super Bowl MVP honors. His father’s career has given him special insight into the culture of professional sports.

“He gives me advice about how he transitioned into becoming a pro athlete and the work that you actually have to put into it,” Mahomes told the Kansas City Star. “Not a lot of people see that when you’re growing up. You don’t get to see that people really have to work hard to become as good as they are. So, for me seeing that as a young age as I’ve grown up, has shown me that I have to work just as hard to get to that level.”

Even before he reached high school, Hurts would tag along to practices with his father and sometimes jump into drills. “I was born into this stuff because of my dad,” he said in a 2016 interview with the Associated Press. I’m happy it happened that way.”

Both have started their NFL careers during a time when players have become more outspoken about racism and social justice and pushed the league to take a stand. Hurts’ former teammate, Malcom Jenkins, co-founded The Players Coalition in 2017 to improve social justice and racial equality. Hurts wears a Black Lives Matter decal on the back of his helmet and has used his platform to speak out against gun violence. He’s also the first Super Bowl quarterback to be represented by a Black woman agent.

In the days after George Floyd’s murder in 2020, Mahomes and other NFL players recorded a powerful video calling on the NFL to “condemn racism and the systematic oppression of Black people” and “admit wrong in silencing our players from peacefully protesting.”

Mahomes followed up the video by starting a voter registration project in Kansas City and joined LeBron James’ More Than A Vote to educate, energize and protect Black voters.

Both quarterbacks are keenly aware of the significance of their achievement.

The NFL has been buzzing with excitement over the recent accomplishments of two star quarterbacks—Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson. Both men have generated tremendous hype as they battle for the MVP award and make history in their respective teams.

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However, Mahomes’ success is muddied by questions surrounding his eligibility to compete in the league. Despite being a first-round draft pick, there are ongoing legal debates about whether he is allowed to play due to age restrictions implemented by the NFL.

Nevertheless, both quarterbacks are keenly aware of the significance of their achievements and continue pushing forward with enthusiasm. While they may be facing different challenges on their respective paths to glory, they share an ambition that has captured the imagination of fans everywhere.

“It is history. It’s come a long way,” Hurts said, noting there have been only eight previous Black quarterbacks to play in a Super Bowl. “To be the first for something is pretty cool. I know it’ll be a good one,”

If the Chiefs win next Sunday, Mahomes will achieve another milestone: the first Black starting quarterback to earn multiple Lombardi Trophies.

On Sunday, Kansas City Chiefs’ quarterback Patrick Mahomes will take the field in pursuit of one of the most prestigious accomplishments in all of sports – a pair of Lombardi Trophies. If he is successful, Mahomes will become the first Black starting quarterback to win multiple Super Bowls.

The milestone achievement would come just three years after his debut season. In 2018, Mahomes became only the second African American starting QB to win a Super Bowl and was crowned MVP for his performance during last year’s championship game against San Francisco 49ers.

Mahomes’ success has brought with it increased scrutiny over an obscure NCAA rule that prevents him from competing as an active college football player due to being drafted by the MLB out of high school eight years ago.

“I’ve learned more and more about the history of Black quarterbacks since I’ve been in this league and the guys that came before me and Jalen set the stage for this,” Mahomes said Thursday. “I’m glad we can set the stage for kids that are coming up now.”

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