Patriots Players Kneeling During National Anthem

But after months of civil unrest across the country several nfl players chose to kneel or demonstrate during the national anthem during the first slate of sunday games in the 2020 season. Four years after colin kaepernick first began kneeling during the national anthem as a means of protesting police brutality and racial injustice nfl players and teams once again used the platform. By toucher and rich.
patriots players kneeling during national anthem

There are about 20 bears players and staff also were kneeling.

Patriots players kneeling during national anthem. Although many patriots players stood for the anthem including tom brady more than a dozen players on the team took a knee. Lions adrian peterson among a group of players kneeling during the national anthem. Patriots players kneel during national anthem booed by fans. Lots of patriots defensive players are kneeling during the anthem.

Will you watch if players kneel during the national anthem. Brandin cooks devin mccourty stephon gilmore malcolm butler trey flowers and roughly a dozen other patriots players locked arms and took a knee during the anthem. Tom brady locked arms nearby. See this is what happens when you turn sports into a political debate.

I have immense respect and admiration for our players for how they conduct themselves professionally as new england patriots and for how they represent themselves their families and community as men. David hookstead atdhookstead september 9 2020. Ill belichick issued the following statement on monday a day after 16 patriots took a knee in protest of racial inequality and donald trumps comments against the nfl. The first nfl game of the season is thursday night.

I think its fair to say the average man in america likes football. Att light told the boston herald that watching the dozen and a half or so new england players who kneeled during sundays national anthem was the first time ive ever been ashamed to be a patriot and he expounded on that during a monday appearance on toucher rich. Rod beard atdetnewsrodbeard september 13 2020 i really dont care what your opinion about the national anthem is but the fact of the matters is that sports arent supposed to be about politics.