Sentences with phrase «during the anthem»

Though for more than a year, some players have been kneeling during the anthem before games as a way to raise awareness about racial injustice, yesterday marked widespread protests in the form of players kneeling, linking arms and holding fists in the air.

Protesting during the anthem drew real attention to the cause.

Packers players linked arms during the anthem while others, including tight ends Lance Kendricks and Martellus Bennett sat.

The entire Indiana Fever team locked arms and knelt during the anthem before a playoff game in late September.

She reiterated Trump's argument that the NFL protests, which began more than a year ago when 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat during the anthem in protest of police brutality, «disparage [s] the brave men and women in uniform» and American values more broadly.

He was seen sitting during the anthem during Week 3 of the 2016 preseason.

The Browns previously kneeled in prayer during the anthem in preseason and clarified that it wasn't a protest.

According to ESPN, «Cincinnati Bengals visited with San Francisco 49ers free - agent safety Eric Reid, who knelt with Kaepernick during the anthem, and wanted assurances from Reid that he would not participate in on - field activism.»

They're the latest in a string of NFL players to kneel during the anthem as part of a movement started by Colin Kaepernick last year.

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

We felt the best thing that everyone was on board with was standing in the tunnel during the anthem.»

I met with our team captains prior to the game to express my support for them, all NFL players and the league following the divisive and contentious remarks made by President Trump, and was honored to be arm in arm with them, their teammates and our coaches during our anthem.

More than a dozen Browns player kneeled during the anthem while others stood linking arms behind and alongside their teammates.

Everything we saw during Anthem's reveal was consistent with the Frostbite Engine.

We may even get teary - eyed during the anthem.

Chris Long, a defensive end for the Eagles, put his arm around his black teammate Malcolm Jenkins during the anthem, though he did not join Jenkins in raising his fist in silent protest.

«It seems so timely right now as we have these conversations about the football players kneeling during the anthem at the NFL games, led by Colin Kaepernick and the controversy that's arisen around it,» he says, referencing the demonstrations by dozens of NFL players protesting racial injustice and police brutality.

Even a coach or an entire team took a knee from time to time during the anthem.

After hours of careful consideration, and even a visit from Nate Boyer, a retired Green Beret and former NFL player, we came to the conclusion that we should kneel, rather than sit, the next day during the anthem as a peaceful protest.

The Cowboys have yet to have a player kneel during the anthem since Kaepernick started protesting police brutality, inequality, and the oppression that people of color in the United States face in 2016.

Jamie Collins, Seth DeValve, Duke Johnson, Kenny Britt, Ricardo Louis, Terrence Magee, Calvin Pryor, Jamar Taylor, Isaiah Crowell, Jabrill Peppers, and Christian Kirksey were the players who prayed together during the anthem, per Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon Journal.

In the first game since the comments, Rams players linked arms on the sideline during the anthem.

Third: The statute of limitations for Adele Dazeem jokes was up a long time ago, but you can bet that someone's going with ADELE DAZE»EM on Twitter during the anthem.

Call me old fashioned, but I prefer little to no f - bombs during the anthem.

Various players this season, including Michael Bennett, Malcolm Jenkins, and several Cleveland Browns have sat, kneeled in prayer or raised their fist during the anthem to protest the unfair treatment of people of color by the police and the country's systemic injustices.

For them to compare, Kap would have to be sitting on the sidelines with his feet on an ottoman, reading an Osama Bin Laden biography during the Anthem.

Wagering is also open on whether Ms. Keys will omit or forget a word during the anthem (money leaning heavily towards «no»).

He stood directly to Kaepernick's left during the anthem.

Seahawks cornerback Jeremy Lane also remained seated during the anthem before Seattle played the Oakland Raiders.

According to Chris Adamski of the Tribune - Review, Villanueva says he is embarrassed for not joining his teammates during the anthem:

I might find people talking or whatever else during the anthem to be disrespectful, but it's in no way a reason to leave the stadium.

Publicly announce that you'll stand during the anthem from now on due to league pressure, but you'll replace that gesture with some other public gesture off the field.

During the early games on Sunday, players, owners and coaches demonstrated in different ways: some locked arms, some took a knee, and some stayed in the locker room during the anthem.

He kneeled during the anthem because he thought the United States was not living up to its own ideals of freedom.

My father, a pilot who served 22 years, had a habit of haranguing teens and young airmen for wearing hats or talking during the anthem.

Three Dolphins players — Kenny Stills, Julius Thomas and Michael Thomas — did not stand during the anthem last season.

He stood in respectful silence during the anthem.»

Well if POTUS changes the words «may» and «should» to «must» and lists penalities then will it be illegal to kneel down during anthem??

Colin Kapernick actually had a fan base throughout the country before he took that knee during the anthem (which by the way he did like 3 separate times before anyone ever caught on or asked him about why he did that)... he has an actual audience.

His name will continue to come up in the ongoing discussion about protests during the anthem, even though he wants it to stop.

#Giants linked arms during the anthem and Olivier Vernon knelt for the second straight week.