“When you read the Oath of Office, to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, we should be supportive of people's rights, their right of free speech.”

American football executive and former linebacker

Ron Rivera is an American football executive, former linebacker and coach, associated with the NFL and the University of California, Berkeley. He is best known as the general manager for his alma mater and for a long coaching career in professional football. Rivera played nine seasons in the NFL with the Chicago Bears and was part of their 1985 championship team, which won Super Bowl XX. He later coached the Carolina Panthers and the Washington Football Team, now the Commanders, and won two NFL Coach of the Year awards with Carolina.