10-19-2017, 05:19 PM
Goodell said in his press conference yesterday that there will be no immediate change to the Collective Bargaining Agreement rules. (Unlike the NBA's CBA rules, the current NFL rules do not mandate that players stand during the anthem.)
Goodell noted that he personally thinks, like many fans, that all players should stand. He also said that he and other league officials are working to better understand the issues of inequality which are being protested and they want to make a difference.
Afterwards....Trump, of course, criticized the decision and statement in a tweet that read,
"NFL: Too much talk, not enough action. Stand for the National Anthem"
Kaepernick's attorney, Mark Geragos, responded with a quote from JFK. His statement read,
"As John F. Kennedy aptly noted almost 60 years ago, a president should be a moral leader in the crusade for human rights and '[h]e must exert the great moral and educational force of his office ... to support the right of every American to stand up for his rights, even if on occasion he must sit down for them.'"
I'm not a fan of Geragos in general, but absolutely agree with him and JFK on this one.
Goodell noted that he personally thinks, like many fans, that all players should stand. He also said that he and other league officials are working to better understand the issues of inequality which are being protested and they want to make a difference.
Afterwards....Trump, of course, criticized the decision and statement in a tweet that read,
"NFL: Too much talk, not enough action. Stand for the National Anthem"
Kaepernick's attorney, Mark Geragos, responded with a quote from JFK. His statement read,
"As John F. Kennedy aptly noted almost 60 years ago, a president should be a moral leader in the crusade for human rights and '[h]e must exert the great moral and educational force of his office ... to support the right of every American to stand up for his rights, even if on occasion he must sit down for them.'"
I'm not a fan of Geragos in general, but absolutely agree with him and JFK on this one.