VP Pence: Not ‘Too Much to Ask’ for NFL Players to Stand for the National Anthem

breitbart ^ | TRENT BAKER

[davikkm]

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — At an event at the Birmingham International Airport on Monday, Vice President Mike Pence echoed President Donald Trump’s comments regarding the national anthem protests. Friday, the president spoke out against athletes who refuse to stand for the national anthem, calling on NFL owners to fire them.

Pence added to Trump’s criticism at the rally Monday for Sen. Luther Strange (R-AL), saying he does not think it is “too much to ask” for NFL players to stand for the anthem. The reason being, he explained, was that it is about “respect” for the flag, country and those who fought and died for the country.

[eyeamok]

This language does not appear in the NFL Rule Book, as the post indicates. However, it is apparently included in a separate document called the “game operations manual.” This document is not online, so we can’t review it first-hand, but McCarthy, the NFL spokesman, said it is distributed by the league to all of its member teams.

I think Time magazine first reported it a couple days ago

[Sam Gamgee]

Would any other country in the world pay their players the US values them at? They would be nothing without the average American going to their games.

[2harddrive]

I say: “If they take a knee, give’em the FINGER!!”