NFL: No plans to force players to stand during anthem

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY JOSH DELK - 10/14/17 10:24 AM EDT

The NFL said Friday it has no plans to force players to stand during the national anthem, but will convene to discuss ways to end the controversial protests without imposing new rules.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is set to meet with the head of the NFL Players Association and team owners in New York next week, where the protests are likely to dominate discussion.

NFL spokesman Joe Lockhart said that Goodell "has a plan that he is going to present to owners about how to use our platform to both raise awareness and make progress on issues of social justice and equality in this country," according to Reuters.

The league pushed back on speculation about a possible vote on a proposal next week. The NFL previously said its meeting next week would allow owners a chance to review current policy, which encourages players to stand during the anthem but doesn't make it mandatory.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/355440-nfl-no-plans-to-force-players-to-stand-during-anthem

[Gothmog]

1. Yeah

[Irish_Dem]

2. Yet another group ignoring Tump. nt

[keithbvadu2]

3. But, but, but the Donald said the NFL would make them stand

But, but, but the Donald said the NFL would make them stand

http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2017/10/11/nfl-refutes-trump-tweet-goodell-is-demanding-players-stand-for-anthem.html

The NFL on Wednesday refuted President Donald Trump’s claim that league Commissioner Roger Goodell is “finally demanding” that players stand up during the national anthem

[democratisphere]

4. It is a matter of choice and should be.

[BadgerKid]

5. There is an anthem...why again? N/t

[jcmaine72]

6. Because we're so insecure as a people that we need to constantly remind ourselves how great we are

with public displays of phony patriotism.

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. With, a sucky war song. Don't like that song, never did.

[jcmaine72]

7. Awww....poor deplorables.

Good for the NFL. Looks like the deplorables will either have to like it or lump it as far as the players practicing their right to free speech. Trust me, they'll get over it and will come slinking back in droves. What else are they going to do besides watch sports, take up reading and educate themselves? Fat chance.

As long as the average deplorable can turn off what passes for their brain every Sunday and sit in front of the idiot box for three hours drooling out of one side of their mouth with a cold beer in one hand and a bag of salty chips in the other, all while watching grown men violently give each other concussions and slap each other on their asses for doing so, they're content.

[Turbineguy]

9. This is one of those things where

the best policy to have is no policy.

[Calista241]

10. Yet somehow, all but a handful of players stood for the national anthem.

Mainly it’s Marshawn Lynch and some half dozen 49ers that knelt this week.

[qwlauren35]

11. I heard

that the TV cameras are not filming the players during the anthem, so it's hard to know who is kneeling and who is not.