EXCELLENT news.
Teams can't fire the players but sponsors have NO such responsibility. THAT will hurt those players in their most TENDER spot: their pocketbook.
If he doesn't know to stand at our anthem then he is un-American.
In fact, I ALWAYS stand at every country's anthem if I am present at the event. It's just a show of respect.
If I am at a parade and the colors come by, I stand, remove my cover and hold it over my heart. I wrote this on a thread the other day:
When I was growing up on Navy bases, there was no question at all that if we were outside, we stopped everything we did, faced the colors, and stayed respectfully still until the ceremony was over, and those ten notes would play: “Dah Dah Dah Da Da Da Dah Dah Dah Dah!”
And nobody ever deviated from that behavior, either. Nobody watched us, but we knew we had to do, and we should do it. It was inculcated with us.
If I ever goofed around during colors, and my mother or father found out, they would have been very displeased and severe. It was all about respect. So we did it.
That said, it didn’t stop us (if we looked over and saw the Marines or Sailors marching out to the flagpole) to run at high speed to get under cover, but even if we were 10 feet away from the cover or door when it started, we would stop dead in our tracks and turn around.
Wait to see if some lefties rush to fill this gap. Maybe Soros will write him a check.
ofc teams can fire players, they just drop them from the 53-man roster.
They may still be stuck with paying them, though, heh heh.
But teams should take a stand and make it clear that they will get rid of players at the first opportunity if they disrespect our flag and anthem.
In the short term, a simple team rule that you may not enter the field pre-game if you are unwilling to stand for the anthem and flag. Players like Kaeperdick can remain in the locker room until the moments before kickoff. That would sure take the wind out of their sails, since no one would notice their stupid protest.....
Of course teams can release the players..