On Tuesday, a report surfaced revealing one of the dumbest resolutions to the national anthem protests issue in the NFL.
Thankfully, the NFL has decided not to move forward on that awful plan. Instead, they’re expected to vote on a new one today, and it seems like more of a reasonable proposition:
All politics is local, all owners have different relationships with players, and so I believe that owners will leave today’s morning session with a resolution to ask players to stay in the locker room rather than protest, but to allow teams to set their own anthem policy.
— Seth Wickersham (@SethWickersham) May 23, 2018
Owners right now expected to vote on a proposal that would remove requirement for players to be on the field for national anthem, allow them to stay in locker room if they wish, and will fine clubs, not players, if “personnel do not show proper respect for the flag and anthem.”
— Seth Wickersham (@SethWickersham) May 23, 2018
Back in 2009, players stayed in the locker room during the national anthem. That was before the United States government started paying the NFL to take part in the national anthem for military recruiting/patriotism reasons.
The NFL is hoping that this issue is laid to rest but these policies won’t be taken lightly by the NFL Players Association:
Corrected to fix my typos:
NFLPA spokesman George Atallah says of the NFL’s proposed new national anthem policy: “We were not consulted ahead of this meeting on any potential changes to the anthem policy. If there are changes to the policy that put… https://t.co/Pe6AOdEn0v
— Dan Graziano (@DanGrazianoESPN) May 23, 2018
We’ll see what happens. . . .
