NFL players will be recommended to play for the state anthem at the beginning of football games, the league told reporters to reporters.
After two days of meeting with the owners of each NFL team, representatives of the trade union and players players, NFL confirmed its decision to preserve its existing policy so as not to demand that the players stand during the anthem. GUDALL said yesterday that the league Do not freeze the rule This would impose players who refuse to stand for the anthem.
“We believe that everyone should play for the state anthem,” he told reporters at a press conference today. “This is an important part of our policy. It is also an important part of our game, which we are all proud of. And it is also important for us to honor our flag and our country, and I think that our fans expect us to do it. ”
The comments of Gudalla came after President Donald Trump continued his criticism of NFL this morning. On Twitter, Trump said: “NFL decided that he would not force the players to defend the game of our national anthem. Complete disrespect for our great country! “
After the former defender of San Francisco 49ers, Colin Capernic, left his knees during the anthem last year to protest against the murders of the police unarmed blacks, dozens of other players joined him to attract more attention of social and racial injustice. Last month, Trump said that NFL should fire players who did not play for the anthem.
Players “do not do this in what way to be disrespectful to the flag,” Guddell said today. “But they also understand how it is interpreted.”
Guddell also said that the League wants to stay away from the political arena on this issue.
“We do not want to get into politics,” he told reporters. “What we strive to do is continue to concentrate people on football.”
