NFL: No, We Didn't Decide on Banning Kneeling During National Anthem
Source: The Daily Beast
Hours after a Wednesday morning tweet by President Trump said otherwise, the National Football League put out a statement clarifying that the organization has yet to make a decision regarding its position on players protesting while the pre-game national anthem is playing. The NFL said Commissioner Roger Goodell has been meeting with athletes, law enforcement, and community members and that the league plans to work with athletes before announcing an official position. Commentary this morning about the commissioners position on the anthem is not accurate, it states. As we said yesterday, there will be a discussion of these issues at the owners meeting next week. The NFL is doing the hard work of trying to move from protest to progress, working to bring people together. Trump tweeted this morning that, Roger Goodell of the NFL is finally demanding that all players STAND for our great National Anthem. On Tuesday, the NFL said it would consider a rule banning players from kneeling when its owners meet.
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Botany
(70,291 posts).... kneeling there will be no games.
Botany
(70,291 posts)I am gonna kneel anyway. What are you gonna do about it?
The league is 75% + black and many of them are highly educated too
so Trump and Godell's threats will only make the players more radical.
DinahMoeHum
(21,737 posts). . .and raise fists. . .
Paladin
(28,204 posts)rurallib
(62,346 posts)ETA - Imagine if the Fucking Moron managed to shut down the NFL - more than anything else, that would cook his goose.
ProfessorGAC
(64,425 posts)The Replacements
But, you're right, the play was pretty bad!
apnu
(8,722 posts)The NFL said Commissioner Roger Goodell has been meeting with athletes, law enforcement, and community members and that the league plans to work with athletes before announcing an official position
WTF do LEOs contribute to NFL policy?
DRoseDARs
(6,810 posts)CakeGrrl
(10,611 posts)If conversations about these heinous deaths begin here, then much credit to Colin Kaepernick for being the catalyst.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)while watching a game on the telly, stand for the Athem......is it not just as disrespectful not standing at home as at the stadium? Fucking Hypocrites
LiberalLovinLug
(14,154 posts)I would love it if the players, of both teams, gave a show of solidarity and knelt in front of him. This time just to "stand" for the right to protest in a so-called free country.