NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Titans safety Kenny Vaccaro started his virtual news conference by informing the media that he is shutting down all football talk this season.

Vaccaro feels that it’s only appropriate to discuss social injustice, systemic oppression, racism and police brutality in light of the recent events involving the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

“I’m really not going to talk football when I come into these meetings in light of recent events that have happened around the country. For me and my platform, my duty is to speak on things that are happening, and that’s just my stance. I’m just not going to talk football this year,” Vaccaro said.

This comes a day after the Titans as a team decided not to practice, instead taking time to discuss how they can move forward to create change after the latest shooting of a Black man by police. Coach Mike Vrabel said one of the main reasons the team didn’t practice was because the Titans’ frustration that the shootings continue to happen has the team wanting to find ways to spark change.

Vaccaro gave a prelude to what the Titans players plan to do going forward.

“I don’t think sitting out a practice is going to stop police from killing Black men. The next step is getting into communities. We’re going to do something that’s not just a hashtag, not just a black square people posted on Instagram and thought it meant something. We’re not going to make this a movement, we’re going to make this a lifestyle,” Vaccaro said.

Their goal is to be a shining light to the outside world of how people need to be treated. One of the ideas that came out of the conversations when they didn’t practice Thursday was to create a “Zoom with a Titan” opportunity for the fans in Middle Tennessee to talk with the players.

Fans of Lionel Messi’s hometown club, Newell’s Old Boys, tried to tempt the unsettled Barcelona icon to Argentina with a street parade on Thursday.

The initiative to bring the Rosario native home started on social media and led to hundreds of supporters taking to the streets to express their hope that Messi moves to Estadio Marcelo Bielsa. The attacker reportedly told Barcelona on Tuesday that he wants to leave the club.

“Olele, Olala, Messi is Newell’s, he’s not going to City,” the fans chanted, according to Reuters. The song was in response to reports that Messi will reunite with his former Barca boss, Pep Guardiola, at Manchester City.

The 33-year-old has also been linked with a move to Paris Saint-Germain, Inter Milan, Juventus, and other European giants.

Messi has made no secret of his support for Newell’s, saying in 2017 that representing the club “is what I dreamed about since I was a kid.” He left Argentina at the age of 13 for the opportunity to join Barcelona and has since only played for the Catalonian club.

Some of the clothing and flags at the parade carried the slogan, “Your dream, our desire,” ESPN’s Tom Marshall reports.

“As a Newell’s fan, I want him to come here but we know it’s impossible,” 65-year-old fan Daniel Valvi told reporters in Rosario, as quoted by Reuters.

“If he does come, he’ll come in four years or so when he’s almost done so he can say, ‘I’m playing a few games for Newell’s and then I’m retiring.'”

Messi’s final match for Barcelona could be the humiliating 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinals earlier this month.