Sentences with phrase «bench during the anthem»

Britt put his hand on Michael Bennett's shoulder while the Seahawks lineman sat alone on the bench during the anthem Saturday night.

It went unnoticed at first for two games before a photo from Jennifer Lee Chan of Niners Nation showed the quarterback sitting on the bench during the anthem in the 49ers» third preseason game of 2016.

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The most recent Twitter bout started when Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said he would bench any players who chose to «disrespect the flag» — presumably referring to some players» recent protests against racist police brutality, which they've demonstrated by kneeling during the national anthem.

Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters has been a supporter of Kaepernick's movement from day one, so it's no surprise that he continued to protest during the national anthem in Week 4 by taking a seat on the bench.

Statement is baffling and is in fact the very thing that guys like cap and others are fighting against the truth is Colin didn't orignaly kneel during the anthem he sat on his bench he was then approached by vets who asked why he was sitting and asked him to do something else because sitting was disprectful it was those army vets who told cap to kneel because it shows your fighting against something and not just sitting to sit they told him it would be a better look and it's funny how people turn around and say he is disrespecting the very people who told him what to do and how to do it to get his message across this is the ignorance of America and everything cap fights against you judge a man by the color of his skin and his upbringing and not the content of his character you don't know anything about cap yet you pull this entire story out your ass go sit down clown

Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch sat on a cooler next to the bench during the playing of the national anthem in the team's preseason opener against the Arizona Cardinals.

In Aug. 2016, Colin Kaepernick sat on the bench while the national anthem played during a preseason game for the San Francisco 49ers.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says he will bench players for «disrespecting the flag» during the national anthem, and praised Pence for his walkout.

With the recent furor over NFL players staying on the bench or taking a knee during the national anthem in protest, John Legend and Jesse Williams want to shine a contextual spotlight on one of the most famous examples of athletics and politics...