Sentences with phrase «kneeling during the anthem»

When players protest, a common rebuttal from the majority who believe players shouldn't kneel during the anthem is that their protests are better made on their own time, that doing so at game - time is unsportsmanlike.

«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.

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.

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.

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.

It's a similar sentiment, softer stance, and less offensive take on it than what Texans owner Bob McNair had at the owners meeting when he said «we can't have the inmates running the prison,» in reference to players kneeling during the anthem.

By kneeling during the anthem they are protesting it.

I don't necessarily agree with Kap, but kneeling during the anthem does not equate to Salka and his blatantly hostile, antagonistic trunks.

He later shifted to kneeling during the anthem and continued to do so throughout last season.

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

Its because he kneeled during the anthem.

I don't care either way about kneeling during the anthem (I have no idea how kneeling is less respectful than standing) but the rest of this circus is ridiculous.

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

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

Other WNBA stars have knelt during the anthem and protested in other ways.

According to PennLive, members of the Steelers met to debate and vote on how they would respond to President Donald Trump's comments suggesting NFL owners fire players who kneel during the anthem.

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

Not exact matches

Reid was one of the first NFL players to join Kaepernick in kneeling during the national anthem to protest social injustice.

Several members of the Patriots heeded his advice, with more than a dozen kneeling or locking arms during the national anthem before their game against the Houston Texans.

When the NFL world first noticed he was sitting (and later kneeling) during the national anthem, Freeman reported that some executives thought that Kaepernick could be finished in the NFL if he were cut by the 49ers.

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Advertisers are likely to stick with proven strategies, such as comedy or positive emotions rather than controversies such as athletes kneeling during the National Anthem, marketing experts said.

A growing number of U.S. professional athletes have started kneeling during pre-game national anthems.

Lance's guest list is surprisingly eclectic: musicians like Seal, Ben Harper, Tim Commerford and Ryan Bingham; boxing promoter Bob Arum; tennis legend Chris Evert; Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff... and just this week, former Green Beret Nate Boyer, who last week stood beside Colin Kaepernick as Kaepernick kneeled during the national anthem prior to a preseason game against the Chargers.

The fight coincided with Trump's criticism of NFL players who kneel during the national anthem as a gesture of protest against police profiling of African - Americans.

Back in November, then - CEO Schnatter blamed the National Football League's leadership for hurting the company's performance because it had not resolved the ongoing controversy over players kneeling in protest during the National Anthem.

One thing to know: Reid could draw interest from several teams, but perhaps more interestingly, many are curious how quickly he finds a job after kneeling during the national anthem the last two seasons and supporting Colin Kaepernick.

Sand's post came in response to NFL players protesting by kneeling during the national anthem, a controversy that flared up last weekend when President Donald Trump came out against the protests.

This past weekend, as the situation on the ground in Puerto Rico came into better focus, Trump took to Twitter to call out professional athletes for kneeling down during the National Anthem.

San Francisco 49ers linebacker Eric Reid not only believes that kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice is the right thing for some players to do — but it's...

San Francisco 49ers linebacker Eric Reid not only believes that kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice is the right thing for some players to do — but it's also the Christian thing to do.

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.»

A student - athlete at Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania has been cut from the school's Division III football team because he kneeled during the pregame national anthem over the weekend.

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.

The last 24 hours had seen football players, coaches and even team owners kneeling in solidarity during the national anthem in protest of police brutality against black people.

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.

Jerry Jones and the Cowboys made a big deal out of their «unity» display during a Monday night game against the Cardinals, with Jones staring right at the camera as the team kneeled BEFORE the national anthem.

DeValve is the second prominent white athlete to kneel during the national anthem.

The focus of the demonstrations during the national anthem has shifted ever since President Donald Trump made remarks in Alabama, saying that any player who kneels is a «son of a bitch» who should be fired.

Kaepernick began a movement in the NFL during the 2016 preseason when he began to sit and later kneeled during the national anthem as a way to show support for people of color who are being oppressed in the United States, and to take a stand against police brutality.

But according to The Wall Street Journal, «representatives said they are making exceptions this season — which began in September — because of the controversy over the protests, in which players kneel or link arms during the national anthem.»

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

A week ago, several Ravens players — including Terrell Suggs and former linebacker Ray Lewis — kneeled during the performance of the national anthem in London.

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

The team announced Saturday it will collectively kneel prior to the national anthem during a road game against the New York Jets to «pray for change, progress and equality.»

President Donald Trump made comments last week about protests during the anthem, referring to any player who kneels as a «son of a bitch» and saying team owners should fire them for it.

Trump's status as a controversial figure within sports circles grew after he made comments at a rally in Alabama about players in the NFL who were kneeling during the national anthem:

During the start of the national anthem he decided it was a good time to scream «And you motherf *** ers better not f *** ing kneel!»

Colin Kaepernick decided to kneel during the national anthem last year as a sign of respect, which was the result of a conversation with former U.S. Army Green Beret and NFL player Nate Boyer.

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.