NFL Players Protest Trump's Remarks

The president asked the national football league players to bend their knees during the national anthem to stimulate discussion about the freedom of speech and patriotism.

On Sunday and Monday, dozens of professional players are crouching and locking weapons while singing national anthems in football matches throughout the country. On the other three teams almost all players refused accepting games until the end of the song.

President Donald Trump 's speech on 22 September promoted a wave of contempt during the country's most popular sports. At a campaign rally in Huntsville, Alabama, he urged to dismiss players who refused to participate in the National Football League (NFL). Represent the national anthem

Playing cards refers to football protests that began last year when Colin Kappenick, who had 49 quarterbacks in San Francisco, began squatting during the national anthem. Kaepernick says that this is to raise awareness of police brutality and racial cheating. (Free agent Kaepernick is not currently participating in NFL.)

Until recently, only a handful of African-American players were protesting the national anthem of this football season. However, after Mr. Trump 's Alabama speech, players across the country protested the president' s words.

The crouching problem in the national anthem has caused intense debate - inside and outside the court. Supporters of freedom of speech believe that professional athletes have the right to use their influence to draw attention to their important social problems. However, refusing to express the national anthem says not to respect the country, the army, the national flag - some sports are not suitable for this type of exhibition

Recently, Mr. Trump repeatedly criticized NFL on Twitter, called for a boycott of the league, banned players toppling during the national anthem.

Because most of the crouching players are African-American, some people think that criticism of cards is related to race. However, Mr. Trump denied this and murmured: "The crouching problem has nothing to do with the race, it is about respect for our country, national flag and national anthem.NFL must respect this ! "

Nonetheless, even the president's most loyal supporters in the NFL, including some team owners, will participate in protest actions and condemn the differences of the President.

Robert Craft, the owner of a friend of New England Patriots and Trump, said he was disappointed with the president's comments.

"Our players are smart, thoughtful, care about their community, and I am concerned about how they feel peacefully affecting the rights of social transformation and how they think they are most influential I will support you to raise. "

On September 25, before the game with Cardinal Arizona, Dallas Cowboys and team owner Jerry Jones crouched down and crouched before the national anthem. They were all cheered up by the crowd and booed. Then the cowboys and cardinals stood in the national anthem, showed them with a dramatic team and touched the weapons.

Will protests of national anthem continue throughout the season? So far, the demo caused a different response from the fans. Some people understand the behavior of athletes, but other fans say they want to see football only.

Outside of East Rutherford Stadium on Sunday, she said that she and her family participated in the competition to get rid of politics, so she said she did not want to see protests at sports events.

During the weekend, NFL players have greatly protested President's remarks on players who fell during the national anthem. Surprisingly, President Cardinal unified the players of NFL and united many NFL fans against these protests. Many New England patriotic fans booed their team after the player fell into the national anthem. Before the game, patriots did not protest during the national anthem, but the President's comment provided the player with a rare unified moment. Sports news media provided nearly perfect unified correspondence to support athletes under the arms to raise awareness of social issues. In response to concerns about the NFL's boycott and the lost rating during the weekend, the NFL players will support each other's freedom of speech, but NFL players shouting during the national anthem is much less. Equally important is that Oakland Raiders came back and Marshawn Lynch was wearing a shirt called "Everybody vs. Trump".

Last weekend, the NFL and players protest action caused great indignation, especially during the national anthem. President Cardpost attacked the protesters (requesting the owner to "dismiss the nephew 's son") and many NFL fans were disappointed. Other fans disappointed when the player first protested because "People gave the banner life". Many of these people promised to boycott the national football league after staying in the national anthem before the Sunday game or staying in the changing room.