The Seattle Seahawks football team announced Friday the launch of a charity fund aimed at "fighting injustice and inequality," in response to the numerous protests of the national anthem in professional football related to racial issues.

“In an effort to create lasting change and build a more compassionate and inclusive society, we are launching the Seahawks Players Equality & Justice for All Action Fund to support education and leadership programs addressing equality and justice. We invite you to join us in donating and taking action," the team announced in a statement.

The Seahawks did not come out of their locker room for the national anthem on Sunday as a protest of President Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE's remarks about player protests. Trump said players kneeling for the anthem should be fired.

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Seahawks star cornerback Richard Sherman tweeted earlier this week that Trump's remarks were "unacceptable."

"If you do not Condemn this divisive Rhetoric you are Condoning it!!" he tweeted.

On its website, the team called its decision to kneel during the anthem a game this week as a "statement against inequality and justice." The fund will be managed by the Seattle Foundation, a philanthropic nonprofit involved in a number of area community programs,

Seahawks receiver Doug Baldwin said that the fund is the result of a "collaborative effort on the part of a lot of guys in the locker room."