In response to President Donald Trump’s assaultsthis weekend on the NFL and its players who kneel during the national anthem, the players opposed back in a way that’s become awfully familiar. They asserted by kneeling and/ or linking limbs while the national hymns played Sunday, as the hashtag #TakeAKnee trended on Twitter.
Meanwhile, CBS and Fox broadcast the anthems, a pregame instant neither system often shows.
The protests started Sunday morning when the Ravens and the Jaguars kicked off Week 3 from London’s Wembley Stadium. Musicians from both teams fastened arms during the national chant, multiple Baltimore musicians knelt, and Jacksonville owner Shad Khan–a Trump donor–showed show solidarity with his employees.
During national anthem in London, Jaguars musicians fastened arms. Some Ravens musicians knelt. pic.twitter.com/ C8DdS1w2Tg
— Josh Katzowitz (@ joshkatzowitz) September 24, 2017
This is Shad Khan, the Jaguars owner who donated$ 1 million to Trump fastening limbs with his musicians during the chant. pic.twitter.com/ T51H1nUDnx
-- Josh Katzowitz (@ joshkatzowitz) September 24, 2017
One more of the Jaguars locking arms during the hymn. pic.twitter.com/ 9eqJc2DBuy
-- Josh Katzowitz (@ joshkatzowitz) September 24, 2017
Once the game started, Khan liberated this statement.
Shad Khan, the Jags owner who stood next to players with their limbs interlocked, secreted this statement: pic.twitter.com/ fcxO0 9BvCX
-- Tim Rohan (@ TimRohan) September 24, 2017
The Steelers, meanwhile, plainly decided to sit out "the member states national" anthem.
Mike Tomlin only told me @NFLonCBS #Steelers will NOT be participating in the #NationalAnthem today in CHI. Abiding in the locker room.
-- Jamie Erdahl (@ JamieErdahl) September 24, 2017
Which is apparently against the league rules.
Mike Tomlin says that Steelers will stay in locker chamber for National Anthem. This is not an option, is in accordance with tournament programme handbooks pic.twitter.com/ ViG9BDU 6SA
-- FBLL ZBRs (@ footballzebras) September 24, 2017
Mike Tomlin. No musicians behind him. pic.twitter.com/ GYR0M 4EyvR
-- Eric Edholm (@ Eric_Edholm) September 24, 2017
The Steelers were not on the sidelines during the national hymn. LT Alejandro Villanueva, who served in the Army, sat by the passageway pic.twitter.com/ teTCoJ3vFx
-- Master Tesfatsion (@ MasterTes) September 24, 2017
Here were other units and players locking limbs and protesting.
-- Adam Beasley (@ AdamHBeasley) September 24, 2017
Eagles musicians all fastening limbs during the chant. Powerful show of unity. pic.twitter.com/ 4tmycMJ7k3
-- Reuben Frank (@ RoobCSN) September 24, 2017
Whole bunch of Patriots musicians are kneeling. There are some boos in the crowd pic.twitter.com/ nLkc6TeQRh
-- Ben Volin (@ BenVolin) September 24, 2017
The #NationalAnthem at the Eagles game. pic.twitter.com/ iu0e8khEQ0
-- Billy Penn (@ billy_penn) September 24, 2017
TV systems rarely prove national anthem. Not today, it's on every channel. pic.twitter.com/ KCT4iwyZBB
-- Lindsay Jones (@ bylindsayhjones) September 24, 2017
At least 20 #Browns musicians knelt during the national chant at #Colts game pic.twitter.com/ YJjJqqYpZY
-- Mary Kay Cabot (@ MaryKayCabot) September 24, 2017
Jeffrey Lurie with the Eagles musicians during the #NationalAnthem pic.twitter.com/ jyVV8 1VRdV
-- Dan Levy (@ DanLevyThinks) September 24, 2017
Tahir Whitehead, Akeem Spence, Ameer Abdullah among musicians kneeling for the Lions ,... https :// t.co/ 9RQdrW4S80 pic.twitter.com/ yiyHuolzCx
-- Michael Rothstein (@ mikerothstein) September 24, 2017
Powerful portraits across the NFL during the course of its National Anthem. pic.twitter.com/ k0hn1SKW2c
-- NFLonCBS (@ NFLonCBS) September 24, 2017
View from the Saints bench as several players sit during the chant. pic.twitter.com/ TuXoQDY3OS
-- The MMQB (@ theMMQB) September 24, 2017
Both the Bills and Broncos kneel. pic.twitter.com/ T55ikYQgFe
-- Sports Illustrated (@ SInow) September 24, 2017
NFL musicians relation arms, some grow fists in Black Power salute during national anthem at Giants-Eagles game. pic.twitter.com/ xyGUFWDMwT
-- Keith Boykin (@ keithboykin) September 24, 2017
Unity. pic.twitter.com/ puD7 7lwORk
-- New York Jets (@ nyjets) September 24, 2017
National anthem singer takes a knee at the #ATLvsDET competition. pic.twitter.com/ FnqxvhDji9
-- JamesParkerSheffield (@ JayShef) September 24, 2017
Before video games embarked, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, one of the best players in the league, posted this on Instagram.
Aaron Rodgers on Instagram pic.twitter.com/ K5o6wguZuj
-- Dan Steinberg (@ dcsportsbog) September 24, 2017
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, meanwhile, released this statement.
-- Pete Carroll (@ PeteCarroll) September 24, 2017
But the one person who started the national exchange about players kneeling during the national chant wasn’t involved in the objections on Sunday. That’s because Colin Kaepernick is not currently employed.
Just wanted to point this out real quick. Don't forget who started all of this in @Kaepernick7. And he did it at great peril to himself.
-- mike freeman (@ mikefreemanNFL) September 24, 2017
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