NFL legend Mike Ditka has long been a vocal opponent of kneeling protests during the national anthem in the league. At the start of the 2020 football season, Ditka once again made his stance known in a statement to the press.
For the 80-year-old veteran football coach and former player, political protests and football are incompatible entities. Desecrating the sanctity of the U.S. national anthem on the field, he says, is simply unacceptable.
