Report: NFL will likely allow player protests during national anthem

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The winds of change are blowing through the NFL, furiously.

Now comes a report from Front Office Sports that the league will likely allow players to protest during the national anthem. The nation is seeking change and the NFL apparently is listening intently to the call for unity and equality.

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“We anticipate taking the same approach we’ve taken the last number of years,” the source told Front Office Sports. “No discipline will be enacted. No player has ever been fined.”

The league is working closely with the NFL Players Association on developing the anthem strategy for the upcoming 2020 season.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/report-nfl-will-likely-allow-player-protests-during-national-anthem/ar-BB15cWR1?li=BBnb7Kz

[underpants]

1. The Trump campaign will jump all over this

Law and Order and the flag - what else has he got at this point?

[SoonerPride]

7. 38 million unemployed and 113,000 dead?

And it’s just June.

[tarheelsunc]

2. So no excuse for Kaepernick to remain unemployed. eom

[SoonerPride]

8. The blackballing of Kaep is a crime

And should be reversed

[RDANGELO]

3. This is going to get really interesting.

Are some football fans really going to stop watching or attending because of the protests. My bet is most of them wont.

[JonLP24]

4. They will get the fans they deserve

Iowa Hawkeyes put their fans on notice.

"If you can not support us right now with this movement and with our team taking a knee during the national anthem, DO NOT support us during the football season," he wrote. "DO NOT watch our games on TV. DO NOT come up to us when you want photos. DO NOT ask us to give your kids autographs. DON'T COME TO US EXPECTING US TO DO FOR YOU WHEN YOU CAN'T SUPPORT THE BLACK ATHLETES ON THIS TEAM AND THE DECISIONS WE MAKE AS A TEAM. I would rather play in front of 1,000 fans who care about us as people outside of football and what we are standing for, than 70,000 fans who only care about us when we are in uniform and on the field entertaining them."

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/iowa-football-players-put-fans-on-notice-support-their-movement-or-dont-support-the-hawkeyes/amp/

https://www.democraticunderground.com/120481096

[roamer65]

6. Good for them.

I have a new respect for Iowa football.

[crickets]

9. Wow. That level of clarity and commitment is wonderful to see. nt

[roamer65]

5. More insane tweets.

[Demonmogirl]

10. Good

Great that we've finally reach a point where we can see this happening.

[Blue Owl]

11. Mike Pence you can leave the country now

Permanently

[herding cats]

12. We're entering a whole new chapter in our history.

I dearly hope this one has a more pleasant ending than the past one.