NFL Backtracks Earlier Statement, Won’t Make Players Stand for Anthem

NFL Backtracks Earlier Statement, Won’t Make Players Stand for Anthem
Commissioner of the National Football League, Roger Goodell visits SiriusXM NFL Radio. Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for SiriusXM
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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell met with NFL officials, Players Associations representatives, team owners, and some protesting players, and decided the league will continue to let national anthem protests go unpunished.

This is a reversal of earlier news that the NFL will start to punish players who don’t stand. At the owners meeting in New York City, the league head said he wants to find ways to address player concerns, but did not mention stopping the protests, Reuters reported.
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