Wednesday, May 23, 2018

The owners of the NFL are discussing how to deal with the kneeling players during the anthem, and a radical idea would involve fines of 15 yards

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  • NFL owners will discuss options to respond to ongoing protests during the national anthem, which attracted much attention throughout the 2017 season.
  • One suggested solution is to allow the local team to decide whether to award the team changing room for the anthem with fifteen yard penalty to players who choose to kneel when the teams take the field.

One of the most important stories of the NFL season 2017 was the entertainment around the national anthem.

"One of the ideas circulating in the room is this: It would be the home team if both teams were out of the locker room for the anthem, and if the teams drop out, the 15-yard penalties could be imposed by knees."

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