Former NFL star Herschel Walker slammed the league and how it has handled protests during the national anthem.
“Guys, let me tell you this,” he said. “Our flag is very special, and black lives matter, but what we should do is go to Washington after the season and protest there instead. We have young men and women fighting for the flag. And we have to respect the White House.”
Walker played in President Donald Trump’s short-lived United States Football League for the New Jersey Generals in the 1980s before the league went belly-up.
The protests during the national anthem were started by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick last season, but they’ve continued into this season. President Trump has slammed the league over the protests, saying that game attendance and TV ratings are down as a result of them.
On Monday, Nov. 20, Trump went after Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch because he sat for “The Star-Spangled Banner” but stood for the Mexican national anthem during a game in Mexico City.
“Marshawn Lynch of the NFL’s Oakland Raiders stands for the Mexican Anthem and sits down to boos for our National Anthem. Great disrespect! Next time NFL should suspend him for the remainder of the season. Attendance and ratings way down,” Trump tweeted.
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