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The previous national anthem policy by the NFL written about a decade before the new policy in May 2018 contained vocabulary that allotted more leeway in the players' behavior during the national anthem before games. It required players to be on the sideline but only stated that players should, not must, stand during the national anthem. [292]
In September 2017 President Donald Trump said that NFL owners should "fire" players who protest the national anthem. [58] [59] In May 2018, the NFL prohibited players from kneeling in protests during the national anthem. [60] During an interview, President Trump said that the NFL did "the right thing" of releasing the new policy.
The protests began in the National Football League (NFL) after San Francisco 49ers quarterback (QB) Colin Kaepernick sat during the anthem, as opposed to the tradition of standing, before his team's third preseason game of 2016. At first, Kaepernick's quiet demonstrations went unnoticed until a former Army Green Beret named Nate Boyer suggested ...
How "The Star-Spangled Banner" became a part of American sports culture.
Taking a knee became more frequent after then-President Trump criticized the gesture during a rally in September 2017, describing it as a disrespectful act against the United States national anthem and flag, and urging NFL team owners to sack "son of a bitch" players who performed it. In response, over a hundred NFL players took the knee in ...
After President Trump condemned NFL players protesting during the national anthem, NFL official sponsors are coming out with statements in response. Here's a running list of their reactions so far.
The Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos great surprised fans by singing the national anthem ahead of the annual Hall of Fame Game, the annual opener for the NFL's preseason slate:
Beginning with Super Bowl XLIII in 2009, "America the Beautiful" is sung before the national anthem every year and is followed by the presentation of the colors and a military flyover preceded the anthem. Beginning in 2021, "Lift Every Voice And Sing" was sung prior to "America the Beautiful" and the national anthem in honor of Black History Month.