'Football is officially dead — so much for 'America’s sport.' Goodbye NFL... I’m gone,' Eric Trump tweeted.
regarding players protesting during the national anthem, urging fans to respect the fact that players' opinions are diverse.
“That’s the great thing about America: Everybody has a difference,” Jones said. “If our players are there, they are sensitive to and respect what America is as it relates to the flag. I’ll assure you that. I’d hope that our fans — and I think they will — understand that our players have issues that they need help on. They need help from the majority of America."
In an interview on former NFL player Emmanuel Acho's social media video series"Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man,"in how peaceful protests by the league's players were being portrayed. "What our players are doing is being mischaracterized. These are not people who are unpatriotic. They're not disloyal. They're not against our military," Goodell said."What they were trying to do is exercise their right to bring attention to something that needs to get fixed. That misrepresentation of who they were and what they were doing was the thing that really gnawed at me.
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