{"id":135401,"date":"2017-11-21T19:40:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T02:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135401"},"modified":"2017-11-21T20:32:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T03:32:59","slug":"nfl-looks-way-side-step-anthem-protest-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/21\/nfl-looks-way-side-step-anthem-protest-issue.html","title":{"rendered":"NFL looks for a way to side-step the anthem protest issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prior to 2009, you didn’t see all the players at NFL games standing the sidelines during the national anthem for prime time games. Prior to that year, NFL players in such games stayed in the locker room, though on Sunday afternoon games the players were out on the sidelines. [1]<\/p>\n

In 2009, the NFL set a new policy saying that, nope, players had to be out on the sidelines during the national anthem during prime time, and suggesting (but not mandating) that the players should stand during the anthem.<\/p>\n

(There have been reports that the Defense Dept. paid the NFL to do this. The actual DoD actions, that have been documented, were payments to the NFL in 2012 for various patriotic displays at NFL games, itself a sketchy practice.)<\/p>\n

The kneeling protests by NFL players during the anthem, protesting racism (esp. law enforcement) in America, have been highly controversial (which, indirectly, is kind of what you want protests to be). The president has been livid about it, fans (some at least) have been angry, the NFL owners have been unhappy about the brouhaha but haven’t been willing to force the issue (perhaps because compelling people to act patriotic is, even if legal, also kind of sketchy).<\/p>\n

Well, word is that the NFL owners may try to defuse the whole mess by simply going back to having the players stay in the locker room until after the national anthem. That will probably make all sorts of people unhappy, too, but its also an unhappiness that doesn’t have a weekly set of visuals to go with it.<\/p>\n

(Questioning the American compulsion to engage in a communal expression of patriotic fervor before sporting events apparently is not on the table. Why is there a big national anthem at football games and NASCAR races, but not before Formula 1 races or golf tournaments? What purpose of national interest or celebration of liberty does such a mandated display actually serve?)<\/p>\n

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[1] https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/nfl-sideline-anthem\/<\/a>, http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/09\/25\/us\/nfl-national-anthem-trump-kaepernick-history-trnd\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n


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