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Introduction
NFL protests are meant to turn the spotlight on the injustices and to confront bias that has
been embraced. The protesting players are locked in their stances regarding the righteousness of
the protests. The authority of the country has been trying to stir the pot against their actions by
calling Americans to sign a petition asking NFL to make it mandatory to stand during the
national anthem. President Donald Trump is attacking the protesters for kneeling during the
national anthem. The protesters want the president to end the brutality of police in America.
The protest has led to a reaction by the American president. The president does not want
anyone to disrespect the American flag by kneeling down, and he thinks that this is a random
pointless movement. However, John legend denied the accusations of the protesters being
disrespectful to the American flag and indicated that the president encouraged hostile foreign
power to infiltrate their electoral process (Bramhall, 2017). The protesters are accusing Donald
Trump of suppressing millions of Americans because they did not vote him, which according to
the protesters is wrong because the American flag stands for unity. The president ordered the
NFL commissioners and the owners of the league to ban the protests.
The protests have made the league suffer negative effects in terms of and fans. The
owners of the NFL and fans have raised the concerns on the protests and are taking it that the
players are not patriotic to their country. The owners indicate that they have a greater
responsibility to the people who support them, and they take benefits from people who watch the
league (Bramhall, 2017). Therefore, when the players are protesting, the fans who watch the
The protests have reportedly led to a high decline in the advertising companies’ ratings
and the sales of tickets. The viewership of the NFL games has reduced by 7.5 percent when
compared with the last season. Cowboys are among the teams that participate in the NFL and
their players are not protesting; hence, they are likely not to take part in the league (Philips,
2017). The absence of some teams in the NFL is likely to reduce the revenue of the advertising
companies, and the returns owners get from the league. Jones a commissioner in Cowboys says
that if the players are disrespecting the national flag, they are likely not to take part in the games.
The protests have spilled over to other white sports games like hockey affecting the
players through dismissal from the teams. For instance, J.T. Brown is one of the black hockey
players who got involved in the NFL protests when he raised his fist in the Back Power symbol
when the national anthem was in progress. The protests have been extended to the high school
football players. In Texas last month, two black high school football players were disqualified
from their teams fore kneeling and raising their fists when the national anthem was in progress.
The players were forced to get off the uniforms in presence of the teammates and dismissed
In conclusion, the controversy behind protesting has gotten out of hands, with protesters
pointing the violation of American rights by the president. In actual sense, the protests have been
an indication of how voices and actions of black people are ignored and discredited. The Black
Americans claim is that they would rather deal with the bad feeling of seeing the flag
disrespected, than waking up daily with news of black people killed brutally killed by police.
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References
Sport, 27(2), 109-126.
Philips, C. J. (2017, October 2). The unfortunate consequences of kneeling for the national
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/unfortunate-consequences-kneeling-
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