A former NFL player and Super Bowl champion said recently that the NFL’s growing support for progressive politics played a major part in his decision to retire and begin a new chapter of life.

Just over two years ago, former Kansas City Chiefs fullback Anthony “Sausage” Sherman was celebrating with his teammates after winning the Super Bowl. Now, he is using his skills to fight crime and rescue sex-trafficking victims as a part-time sheriff’s deputy in Bourbon County, Kansas, and a task force officer with the Department of Homeland Security’s investigations unit.

When Sgt. Sean “Sticks” Larkin, host of the Law & Crime network’s “Coptales and Cocktails” podcast, asked if he missed playing in the league, Sherman replied, “I don’t.”

“My goal was 10 [years]. I got 10 — and the Lord showed me the door with all of the political stances the NFL was making, the COVID policies, all of this nonsense. He was like, ‘Hey, I’m going to make it easy for you. I gave you 10 and then head on down the road.’ Then he opened up another door with all this law enforcement stuff and it’s been a good transition so far,” Sherman explained.

Through its “Inspire Change” social justice program, the NFL has in recent years been funneling massive amounts of money to organizations that explicitly call for the defunding of police departments across the country.