NFL bans on-field kneeling during the national anthem
-The National Football League changed its policy Wednesday to require league personnel to stand for the national anthem. -Players must stand "and show respect for the flag" if they are on the field. -If they refuse to stand for the anthem on the field, their team will be fined.
Trump swayed NFL owners on anthem rules, Kaepernick case depositions reveal
President Trump's public and personal pressure on NFL owners reportedly played a big role in the league's decision to change its National Anthem rules amid controversial player protests.
The Wall Street Journal obtained depositions from NFL owners, including Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, as part of a grievance case filed by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
According to Jones’ deposition, reviewed by the Journal, the president personally told him, “You can’t win this one.”
“This is a very winning, strong issue for me,” Trump reportedly said in a call with Jones. “Tell everybody, you can’t win this one. This one lifts me.”
Kaepernick was the first NFL player to protest police violence and racial injustice by refusing to stand for the National Anthem in 2016. But some fans grew tired of the displays, and President Trump hammered protesting players.
Earlier this month, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced the league would fine teams and league personnel who do not “stand and show respect for the flag and the anthem.” Goodell said the league unanimously agreed to the vote, though San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York abstained. The new overhaul does allow players to remain in the locker room for the anthem.
The Journal reported that the depositions suggest the league was influenced to issue the new policy by Trump's activism on the matter.
Trump last week said "the people" were the driving force.
“I think the people pushed it forward, this was not me. I brought it out. I think the people pushed it forward,” Trump said on “Fox & Friends,” noting that NFL owners “did the right thing” by instituting the new policy.
The feud between the White House and the NFL began in September 2017, when during a rally, the president suggested that if a player knelt or refused to stand for the anthem, the owner should “get that son of a b---- off the field.”
Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross reportedly said in his deposition that he thought Trump “changed the dialogue.”
“I was totally supportive of [the players] until Trump made his statement,” Ross reportedly said.
Owner of the Houston Texans Bob McNair said he thought the president’s comments were inappropriate.
But McNair, Ross and Jones all reportedly acknowledged that the protests were financially hurting their teams.
What's sad is that you post that with a sense of pride...
Your liberal side is showing as you interject what you perceive to be my emotions into a news article.
Did I post a Perhaps a
So where pray tell did you find the emotion of pride in my post?
Fair enough. I apologize for making the assumption that you were proud that Trump had influenced all of the NFL owners... if you would like to make your feelings known on that, the floor is yours...
What's sad is that you post that with a sense of pride...
Your liberal side is showing as you interject what you perceive to be my emotions into a news article.
Did I post a Perhaps a
So where pray tell did you find the emotion of pride in my post?
Fair enough. I apologize for making the assumption that you were proud that Trump had influenced all of the NFL owners... if you would like to make your feelings known on that, the floor is yours...
There is no need to apologize, only to be aware.
My feelings on the subject are the players need to find a better way to get their cause across as kneeling during the Anthem has been interpreted by millions as a sign of disrespect to our Nation.
I support their cause but I hate seeing people kneel during the Anthem. To me it is right up there with burning the Flag, legal but disrespectful.
I also feel it is the President above everyone else who must take the stand for Patriotism and our Flag. He is the fellow, after all, who must send good men and women to their deaths in protecting America, her Flag, and what she stands for.
He is also the fellow who must call the families of those good men and women.
Ah, so now you wish to make an issue of NFL players kneeling but refuse to address Roseann did even worse by changing the subject. Got it. Thanks for playing.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
Ah, so now you wish to make an issue of NFL players kneeling but refuse to address Roseann did even worse by changing the subject. Got it. Thanks for playing.
She did it ONCE and was chastised for it the players continuously disrespect.
Ah, so now you wish to make an issue of NFL players kneeling but refuse to address Roseann did even worse by changing the subject. Got it. Thanks for playing.
She did it ONCE and was chastised for it the players continuously disrespect.
Disrespect???? The US flag represents a country that is continuously disrespecting minorities.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson.
Well you know that silent kneeling equals disrespect. To anyone not paying attention that is. Or those who wish to dismiss the real intentions and play the bait and switch con game.
Intoducing for The Cleveland Browns, Quarterback Deshawn "The Predator" Watson. He will also be the one to choose your next head coach.
Ah, so now you wish to make an issue of NFL players kneeling but refuse to address Roseann did even worse by changing the subject. Got it. Thanks for playing.
She did it ONCE and was chastised for it the players continuously disrespect.
Disrespect???? The US flag represents a country that is continuously disrespecting minorities.
Ah, so now you wish to make an issue of NFL players kneeling but refuse to address Roseann did even worse by changing the subject. Got it. Thanks for playing.
She did it ONCE and was chastised for it the players continuously disrespect.
Disrespect???? The US flag represents a country that is continuously disrespecting minorities.
In what way does the country disrespect minorities and what can I do to make things better?
I also feel it is the President above everyone else who must take the stand for Patriotism and our Flag. He is the fellow, after all, who must send good men and women to their deaths in protecting America, her Flag, and what she stands for.
He is also the fellow who must call the families of those good men and women.
I can get behind that. I could get behind it even more if our President was leading the charge in correcting our injustices and inequalities and inspiring us to be better people.. However, based on the article you posted, his primary reason for pushing the NFL owners toward the ruling they made was not out of motivation to make us a better nation, it was out of the motivation that him taking a stand on this could be a political win for him with his base.. and thats what was important.
And I think it's safe to say that the views of a lot of his political base.. and what these players are protesting for... aren't exactly on the same page.
Ah, so now you wish to make an issue of NFL players kneeling but refuse to address Roseann did even worse by changing the subject. Got it. Thanks for playing.
She did it ONCE and was chastised for it the players continuously disrespect.
Disrespect???? The US flag represents a country that is continuously disrespecting minorities.
In what way does the country disrespect minorities and what can I do to make things better?
Not calling them racial slurs would be a good start.
Ah, so now you wish to make an issue of NFL players kneeling but refuse to address Roseann did even worse by changing the subject. Got it. Thanks for playing.
She did it ONCE and was chastised for it the players continuously disrespect.
Disrespect???? The US flag represents a country that is continuously disrespecting minorities.
In what way does the country disrespect minorities and what can I do to make things better?
Not calling them racial slurs would be a good start.
Why do they(minorities) use racial slurs on themselves? It's used in a lot of the music as well.
Ah, so now you wish to make an issue of NFL players kneeling but refuse to address Roseann did even worse by changing the subject. Got it. Thanks for playing.
She did it ONCE and was chastised for it the players continuously disrespect.
Disrespect???? The US flag represents a country that is continuously disrespecting minorities.
In what way does the country disrespect minorities and what can I do to make things better?
Not calling them racial slurs would be a good start.
Why do they(minorities) use racial slurs on themselves? It's used in a lot of the music as well.
