President Donald Trump tells NFL is in a 'very bad box' over protests during national anthem
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President Donald Trump tells protests during the national anthem at NFL games leave the league in "a very bad box." (1:02)President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the NFL is in a "very bad box" over the issue of players protesting during the national anthem & suggested it will harm the league's business. "I think the NFL is in a box; I think they're in a really bad box," he said to reporters while leaving the White House for a trip to Indiana. "You cannot have people disrespecting our national anthem, our flag, our country, & that's what they're doing," Trump said. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that players protesting during the national anthem has left the NFL "in a really bad box."
South Carolina bar refusing to show NFL games until national anthem protests end
After nearly every team engaged in some sort of demonstration, the owner of Palmetto Restaurant & Ale House in Greenville took to Facebook & wrote that he would stop showing NFL games. "No NFL games will be played at Palmetto Ale House until every player stands in respect to our flag & our country," owner David McCraw wrote on the restaurant's Facebook page. Palmetto Restaurant & Ale House won't be showing NFL games until the NFL rids... Posted by Palmetto Restaurant & Ale House on Tuesday, September 26, 2017Here's the beauty of all this: McCraw owns a business & can do whatever he wants in terms of showing NFL games or not showing NFL games. He can't openly discriminate versus anyone -- there are laws versus that, thank goodness, but if he doesn't want to show NFL games that's his right. Unfortunately it is also the right of NFL players to take knees while listening to the national anthem.
ESPN survey shows Americans interested, divided on NFL protests during national anthem
as declared in One week after President Donald Trump criticized NFL players for protesting during the national anthem, Americans tell they are paying close attention to the story & are divided in their attitudes about the protests. Survey respondents that identified themselves as avid NFL fans were split almost evenly on the protests, by 48 percent strongly or somewhat confirming & 47 percent strongly or somewhat disapproving. Among avid NFL fans, 64 percent disapproved & 33 percent approved. Among fans who consider themselves avid NFL fans, 64 percent feel the media is focusing also much on the story, by 27 percent saying it's just right. A clear majority of avid NFL fans (58 percent) agree that the players ought not be punished, while 34 percent believe they ought be punished.
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