NFL Anthem Protests Are the New Normal

NFL Anthem Protests Are the New Normal, Whether Fans Like It or Not

56 percent of Americans believe it was appropriate for athletes to kneel during the national anthem to protest racial inequality, while 42 percent felt it was ...

The NFL's 'take a knee' movement and its impact on workplace protest

Beginning in August 2016, a number of National Football League players bucked tradition and defiantly kneeled instead of standing during the ...

Will Cain and Max Kellerman debate if the NFL anthem ... - YouTube

Will Cain and Max Kellerman debate whether the drama in NFL around the National Anthem is becoming the new normal after an arbitrator sends ...

NFL Fumbles The National Anthem And Creates A PR Nightmare

“NFL owners have approved a new policy aimed at addressing the firestorm over national anthem protests,” noted CBS News. “It permits players ...

How The NFL's New Rule On Protesting Is Being Perceived By Players

The NFL announced a new rule banning players from kneeling in protest during the playing of the national anthem before games.

Several N.F.L. Players Protest Racism and Hate as Season Begins

Their coach, Frank Reich, knelt during the national anthem as his players stood. Two players on the San Francisco 49ers sat during the anthem.

Midterm elections 2018: NFL protests haven't resonated politically

Even during the offseason, the NFL couldn't escape controversy. In May, the league rolled out a policy for player behavior during the anthem— ...

Will skipping the anthem completely become the NFL's new normal?

Whether they knew it or not the Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle Seahawks and Tennessee Titans were following a plan drawn by college basketball's ...

U.S. national anthem kneeling protests - Wikipedia

On September 24, 2017, the NFL protests became more widespread when over 200 players sat or knelt in reaction to Trump's call for owners to "fire" the ...

NFL anthem protests: How kneeling started, what players ... - IndyStar

Some NFL players are still protesting during the national anthem, despite a new league policy that says their teams can be fined if they ...

NFL gets back to normal — whatever that is these days - Andscape

... the NFL on Sunday, or whatever the new normal is in this politically charged era of protests during the national anthem and stro…

NFL owners approve new national anthem policy - ESPN

That includes any attempt to sit or kneel, as dozens of players have done during the past two seasons to protest racial inequality and police ...

Every NFL Team to Protest During the National Anthem in Week 1

The opening weekend of the NFL season witnessed widespread protests as several players and coaches added their voices to the chorus of anti-racism ...

The Consequences of Anthem Protests for NFL Players

Several owners, including New Orleans Saints owner Tom. Benson, invoked the military and patriotic rhetoric in explaining their stance: “There are few things ...

National Anthem Protests Sidelined by Ambiguity

players kneeling or sitting for the national anthem, according to reports. That was about 1 percent of the league's players, not counting some ...

Anthem Protests, Viewer Politics, and the Demand for NFL Games

This paper analyzes the effect of anthem protests on viewership for National Football League (NFL) games controlling for measures of NFL market-specific ...

They Took a Knee - The Atlantic

The president had, once again, misrepresented the situation. The players are not, as a whole, protesting the national anthem. (There are bodies ...

The NFL would rather bury anthem protests than address the issues ...

In cowardly aiming to hide protesting players from public view, new anthem policy shows the league learned nothing from controversy.

NFL anthem protests evolve past Kaepernick's original intent

What began more than a year ago with an NFL quarterback protesting police brutality against minorities by kneeling silently during the ...

NFL national anthem protest: List of players who have kneeled

Debate over the place of player protests during the national anthem grew over the weekend after President Donald Trump criticized NFL ...