Last week, the Steelers decided as a team not to take
the field during the national anthem.
The Steelers opted to stay in the tunnel and off
the field during the national anthem before their Week 3 matchup against the Bears.
Not exact matches
At a rally in support of incumbent Sen. Luther Strange in Hunstville, Ala., Trump said team owners in the NFL should immediately fire any player who protests
during the
national anthem and «get that son of a bitch off the
field.»
It would take a pretty monumental failure to get booed
during the
National Anthem, in fact it might take Rosanne Barr running on field, stealing the microphone, and yelping out her own strains of the anthem to rile up the crowd in New Or
Anthem, in fact it might take Rosanne Barr running on
field, stealing the microphone, and yelping out her own strains of the
anthem to rile up the crowd in New Or
anthem to rile up the crowd in New Orleans.
In wake of the on -
field protests that swept the NFL, when players knelt
during the
national anthem to protest police brutality and racial injustice, the NBA released a memo to teams that recommended ways to support community activism while reminding them of a league rule that enforced players standing
during the
anthem.
On Friday night in Alabama, Donald Trump said if an NFL owner saw one his players kneeling in protest
during the
national anthem he should make that «son of a bitch» leave the
field.
The statement came hours after players from across the
National Football League took to the field and locked arms in solidarity during the performance of «The Star - Spangled Banner» in response to controversial remarks made by Trump in recent days denouncing athletes who have protested during the national anthem by taking
National Football League took to the
field and locked arms in solidarity
during the performance of «The Star - Spangled Banner» in response to controversial remarks made by Trump in recent days denouncing athletes who have protested
during the
national anthem by taking
national anthem by taking a knee.
No members of the Mets or the
Nationals followed the lead of A's rookie Bruce Maxwell or the dozens of players across the NFL to take a knee this weekend
during the
national anthem before yesterday's game at Citi
Field.
Inspired by the recent protests of NFL players
during the
national anthem, Sidelined brings together artists responding to injustices experienced by people of color both on and off the sports
field: Melvin Edwards, Derek Fordjour, Lauren Halsey, David Huffman, Samuel Levi Jones, Glenn Kaino, Patrick Martinez, and Deborah Roberts.