Fair enough. But didn’t I hear that the US Government pays the NFL for something having to do with the national anthem and military promotion?
Is it different then?
If the U.S. government paid the NFL for a military promotion and that contract included a stipulation that every player must stand for the national anthem, then the NFL would have to write these terms into its agreement with the player’s union like they do with the apparel and shoe deals.
Goodell comes off like an ass here but everything I’ve seen tells me he’s playing this by the letter of the law — both labor law and the terms of the NFL-NFLPA agreement.