There are three weeks left until the National Football League starts its regular season, and no resolution is in sight to the ongoing dispute over how players should conduct themselves during the playing of the national anthem.
The NFL and the NFL Players Association are allegedly negotiating the sticky issue, and while that’s happening, no players or teams are being penalized for demonstrations during the anthem. But the issue is far from quiet, as players continued protesting this week during the pre-season games, and one network that carries the games, ESPN, has said it will no longer televise the song’s performance.
While the negotiations presumably drag on, the usual national anthem protests continued by many of the player who previously engaged on the issue.
Philadelphia Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins and cornerback De’Vante Bausby both stayed in the tunnel leading to the field as the anthem played, while...
The NFL and the NFL Players Association are allegedly negotiating the sticky issue, and while that’s happening, no players or teams are being penalized for demonstrations during the anthem. But the issue is far from quiet, as players continued protesting this week during the pre-season games, and one network that carries the games, ESPN, has said it will no longer televise the song’s performance.
While the negotiations presumably drag on, the usual national anthem protests continued by many of the player who previously engaged on the issue.
Philadelphia Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins and cornerback De’Vante Bausby both stayed in the tunnel leading to the field as the anthem played, while...
- 8/19/2018
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
[[tmz:video id="0_1pbqgfhw"]] Hollywood seems torn about who they'll be rooting for this Super Bowl Sunday ... literally, this thing's split right down the middle. We got a handful of celebs and athletes this weekend and asked them the same thing that's on everyone's mind for Super Bowl Lii -- Pats or Eagles? Anthony Scaramucci doesn't hesitate with his pick. Meanwhile, Donnie Wahlberg appears to waffle a bit before confirming his prediction ... no real surprise there. Other stars who...
- 2/4/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Several members of the Houston Texans NFL team considered staging a walkout from practice on Friday, over comments made by their team’s owner that appeared to compare players who kneel during the national anthem to “inmates.” Also Read: Texans Owner Bob McNair Compares Protesting NFL Players to 'Inmates Running the Prison,' Twitter Revolts 10 players, including Pro Bowl wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, briefly left the practice facility on Friday, according to sources cited by Espn. Most of the players later returned to practice, while coaching staff talked remaining players out of protesting. Left tackle Duane Brown later told Espn that “we.
- 10/27/2017
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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