Seahawks shoot down Russell Wilson 'not black enough' rumors

Were you unfortunate to come across this week's controversy about how some of Russell Wilson's Seahawks teammates felt their QB was "not black enough"? It goes like this: the team that won the Super Bowl last year is 3-3, and just traded away a talented player in Percy Harvin for nothing because he was causing locker room tumult. This tumult supposedly included a growing distrust of Wilson amongst his black teammates, because he is not black enough.

Let's ask Richard Sherman about this:

Richard Sherman says the Russell Wilson black-enough story is bunk: "Nobody in here said that. It's made up."

— Bart Hubbuch (@BartHubbuch) October 26, 2014

Richard Sherman says Seahawks joked with Wilson about black-enough story by telling him he needs to put more chocolate syrup in his drinks.

— Bart Hubbuch (@BartHubbuch) October 26, 2014

Wilson added his thoughts:

Russell Wilson: "Black enough? I don't even know what that means. I'm just an educated, well-spoken male."

— Bart Hubbuch (@BartHubbuch) October 26, 2014

So there you go. Fun chat, guys. Looking forward to the next time someone discredits someone's race because of their behavior. It's a really fun, productive and enlightening topic of conversation.