Admin l Tuesday, September 26, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States – President Donald Trump has called on the NFL to set new rules making it an offence for anybody to kneel down during the national anthem
Trump made the clarification following public outrage following his call for maximum punishment on the NFL players that knelt down during the anthem.
“The issue of kneeling down has nothing to do with race. It is about respect for country, flag, national anthem. NFL must respect this”, he tweeted.
But in the wake of explanation from officials of the NFL, Trump said,the “NFL has all sorts of rules and regulations. The only way out for them is to set a rule that you can’t kneel during our National Anthem!”, he tweeted.
Already the face off is beginning to have negative impacts on business with supporters of the president saying they will stop wearing Nike kits for taking side with the NFL.
“Nike supports athletes and their right to freedom of expression on issues that are of great importance to our society,” the company said in a statement.
Several NFL team owners have also spoken out.NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said “divisive comments,” like the ones made by Trump “demonstrate an unfortunate lack of respect for the NFL.”
