Exclusive: NFL Owners, Coaches Pressuring Players to Stop Kneeling During Anthem
by Michael Harriot on The Root, shared by Barry Petch from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#34HS5)
Multiple NFL players say they have been explicitly and implicitly warned against doing any kind of demonstration during the national anthem in the weeks following Donald Trump's directions to owners to "get that son of a bitch off the field" for protesting racial inequality.