The NFL´s New Anthem Policy Is Madness-But the Players Can Stop It
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The new rule is an obvious capitulation to red America, its president, and the league´s most conservative owners. The players have the power to stop it, if they dare. opinion Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast In its own, typically blinkered and inimitable fashion, the NFL decided to dig in its heels on Wednesday, wrapping itself in the flag, and requiring players who are on the field to stand during the national anthem or face a series of penalties. It´s a course of action that will fail, and spectacularly so. Ever since Colin Kaepernick-who has since been banished and is currently suing the NFL for collusion-began taking a knee, the league has wrung its hands, hemming...