The new NFL anthem policy may as well call black players sons of bitches (Les Carpenter: Guardian)

[arenean]

The league will now punish players who choose to protest during the anthem. The NFL owners have given into fear and Donald Trump.

There was a time, not long ago, when the NFL actually stood for something. When the league’s owners acted on principle and were anything but the squishy, invertebrate loafer-and-sport coat-wearing globules they have become. This was in 1991 when the NFL and its owners attacked racial intolerance by yanking the 1993 Super Bowl from Arizona because the state refused to acknowledge Martin Luther King Jr Day as a holiday.

“I think it would be an affront to our public and our players if the game was played there,” said the Philadelphia Eagles owner, Norman Braman, who was also chair of the league’s Super Bowl site-selection committee.

The league had real power in those days. The insignia that NFL people lovingly call “The Shield” truly was a weapon against injustice, dragging the leaders of an American state from their cowboy past into the modern age. Arizona changed its laws and recognized the King holiday. The Super Bowl was too big a prize to let slip away over racist ideals.

More at:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/may/24/nfl-national-anthem-policy

[murielm99]

1. I think this is greed, pure greed.

Their revenues are down. Once again, trump interferes in businesses. The NFL is a business, like the Washington Post and Amazon.

I may not like any of the three, but trump has no right interfering with these businesses.

[rtracey]

2. its so easy

It's an easy solution, that will keep the owners/trump/and fans (who think protesting is a crime) happy...... Players, just stay in the locker room until the anthem is done, then come out.....they can claim protest, but not break the rules....simple

[Timmygoat]

3. so how

Does con man Trump feel about draft dodgers, or about someone who colludeswith foreign governments to win elections.
They should probably not be here!