President Trump supported the NFL’s decision to change its rules to prohibit players from kneeling during the national anthem, so the mainstream media opposed it – often stretching or appearing to misrepresent the truth in the process. The NFL announced Wednesday that league owners voted unanimously to require all personnel on the field to “stand […]
Eric Reid, an NFL safety, joined former teammate Colin Kaepernick in suing the league for collusion. Reid, and Kaepernick in his own lawsuit, allege that NFL owners colluded not to hire Reid or Kaepernick because they knelt in protest during the national anthem on the grounds that it would be “bad business” for the league and […]
As NBC Sports’ Pro Football Talk tackles NFL news, it has, like many sports journalists, taken the side of national-anthem-protesting athletes such as Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid. Both athletes kneeled during the playing of the U.S. national anthem and were teammates in San Francisco, Calif. Both athletes remain unsigned by professional teams. Pro Football […]
CNN’s latest article, headlined, “Donald Trump’s unrelenting war with the NFL,” went all-in on the friction between the two. Trump has been critical of professional football players and their protest during the playing of the American national anthem during his first year in office, and right before this year’s Super Bowl game in a social media […]
The media covered the National Football League’s rejection of a veterans group advertisement, which is a direct criticism of the league’s national anthem protests by its players. The veterans group, AMVETS, or American Veterans, applied to run an advertisement asking people to stand for the American national anthem. The league denied the application, and the […]
A Harris poll found that 60% of fans of the National Football League (NFL) disapproved of how the league office handled the protests during the playing of the national anthem. Only Townhall, a conservative media website, Mediate and The Hill covered the poll’s findings. Major media outlets did not cover the news on their websites, such […]
An owner of a professional football league franchise in the National Football League (NFL) criticized President Donald Trump for interfering in the league’s affairs regarding their handling of player protests during the playing of the American national anthem. But, the owner remained anonymous and would not agree to be named: At least one National Football […]
Papa John’s Pizza owner John Schnatter blamed the NFL national anthem controversy this week for a $70 million decline in sales during the last quarter, but the mainstream media was having none of it. Slate’s story, headlined, “Papa John’s Blames Falling Sales on NFL Players Kneeling During the National Anthem (Seriously),” conceded “there is a […]
NBC News disregarded the role of NFL cheerleaders, asking why they don’t take a knee during the national anthem in solidarity with the players’ protests. NFL cheerleaders are not compensated much for their work on the field and sidelines during games. While they serve as the teams’ public relations ambassadors, they may take home just $100 per […]
TickPick, an online ticket sales vendor, reported that there was a 17.9 percent drop in ticket sales this past week compared to the previous week. The vendor could not confirm whether the NFL athletes’ protests during the playing of the American national anthem were the leading factor in the decline ticket sales. Compared to last […]