National Anthem Protests

The National Football League experienced a ten percent drop in TV ratings compared to the 2019 season, according to reports.

Former NFL player and national anthem protester Colin Kaepernick called for abolishing America’s police departments, which he says, are rooted in “white supremacy.”

Virtually no one watched from the stands in Santa Clara, California, as the 49ers took on the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday Night Football. As it turns out, virtually no one watched on television either.

Colin Kaepernick, the former quarterback who launched the anthem protest movement in the NFL, is now launching a movement aimed at ending what he calls the “scourge of police terrorism.”

The NFL is still struggling to gain viewers as ratings for the league’s Week 3 games were down across nearly every game and network.

A large construction firm in Utah announced that it is giving up its VIP suite, after Utah Jazz players began kneeling during the national anthem.

Former NFL quarterback and original anthem protester Colin Kaepernick, took to Twitter on Wednesday to call modern policing a “white supremacist institution” that needs to be “abolished.”

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was not a supporter of former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s protests during the national anthem.

Only one Cowboy has knelt for the national anthem. However, Cowboys legend Emmitt Smith says that if he were still playing, there would be one more.

Nike has decided to commemorate the four-year anniversary of when Colin Kaepernick first knelt during the national anthem, by releasing a special edition all-black jersey.

Former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka has reiterated his disgust over NFL players who protest during the national anthem, telling them if they don’t like the U.S.A., they should “go to another country.”

We’ve come a very long way from, if we don’t stand, we won’t play.

On Sunday, the Baltimore Ravens all but two players stood during the “black national anthem,” but most either took a knee or sat down as the American national anthem was played.

Former NFL player and famed protester Colin Kaepernick has joined the many fans outraged over the league’s Black Lives Matter “propaganda.”

As their game began Sunday, both the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions protested against the country during the national anthem. Though, neither team took a unified approach.

The Raiders began their new era as the Las Vegas Raiders, by standing for the national anthem. The same cannot be said for their opponents.

The Miami Dolphins elected to remain in their locker room during the playing of the national anthem. And, as it turns out, they weren’t the only AFC East team to no-show the playing of our nation’s song.

Madison Cawthorn, the Republican candidate for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District, drew attention to members of the progressive left, including athletes, refusing to stand for the country and flag, rising from his wheelchair and promising to always stand for the United States of America in a recent ad.

Browns quarterback said not once, but twice, that he would kneel during the anthem this season. However, a message from the Miami Dolphins seems to have convinced the young signal-caller that the path to “real change,” doesn’t lie with on-the-field gestures.

The Miami Dolphins have announced that they intend to stay in the locker room during the playing of both the national anthem and the “black national anthem,” known as Lift Every Voice and Sing, because they feel protests on the field are “empty gestures.”

The Texans and Chiefs joined arms and stood in the middle of the field for a “Moment of Unity,” prior to their season opening game on Thursday night.

The Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans were loudly booed as they linked arms in a show of “unity” after the singing of the national anthem on Thursday night.

Colts linebacker and team captain Darius Leonard has confirmed that the entire team will make what he calls a “bold statement” during the national anthem on Sunday, as the NFL launches its first full weekend of action.

The players have said they will protest and, if they do, ESPN says they will televise it.

Headlines were made on Tuesday after it was learned that Colin Kaepernick would be included in the Madden 21 NFL game from EA Sports. Well, get ready for more headlines. Kaepernick’s signature celebration in the game is a raised black power fist.

It’s possible that no one has done more of a turnaround on their anthem stance, than Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones. In 2017, Jones said that if any of his players protested, the Cowboys would not play. Fast-forward nearly three years and now Jones says that the anthem protests are an “ask for help.”

EA Sports, the video game company that makes Madden football, announced the return of former NFL player Colin Kaepernick on Tuesday. In addition, despite having not playing for more than three years, the company ranked him higher than half the starting quarterbacks in the league.

The flurry of reports from a few months ago about NFL teams having interest in signing the league’s original anthem protester, appear to have been one giant virtue signal.

Jerry Jones has been searching for a “graceful” solution on the issue of whether the Cowboys kneel or stand during the national anthem. Though, if his starting quarterback has anything to say about it, players will be making up their own minds.

Milwaukee Bucks guard George Hill was not on the sidelines during Saturday night’s national anthem. He later explained why that was, in extremely descriptive terms.