"It was unfortunate that on-field protests created a false perception among many that thousands of NFL players were unpatriotic. This is not and was never the case," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a release. "This season, all league and team personnel shall stand and show respect for the flag and the anthem. Personnel who choose not to stand for the anthem may stay in the locker room until after the anthem has been performed.

Trump in a failed attempt to punish NFL owners for not letting him purchase a team, tried to use the National Anthem to create controversy among the players and team owners. Trump is a man without integrity, a pathological liar, con artist, and embarrassment. #'s 2 & 3 is the owners way of telling trump to stay in his lane and leave sports to the people that play it.

Trump gave NASCAR a pat on the back for standing for the national anthem the other day. -:)

Trumpsky is a certified MORON !!!

I like that they give the players the option of remaining in the locker room just like they did back in the old days. The DoD got involved with trying to incentivize young people via patriotism with the flags and all...then there was the money. Well, the 'new problem' will now be that fans are aware of this option for players to remain in the locker as agreed by all the owners with no issues. This will likely result in those same fans booing the players that come out after the anthem has convened REGARDLESS because, folks, this whole thing is about Trump and HIS FANS CONTROLLING THE PLAYERS...it's a black and white thing and everyone knows this. We all know d@mned full well that if this were a majority of white players protesting in such a way, they would've never been called SOB's or even attacked in the same way.

Those players would've been a MANDATORY meeting 'TO DISCUSS THINGS AND REASON TOGETHER.' Folks, this meeting that just took place was only attended BY THE OWNERS, the PLAYERS weren't invited   and have since RIGHTLY appealed that meeting. How in hell do you hold a meeting as important as that which is 100% based on those players' actions, and, the players aren't present??? Yeah, Speedy, the owners have told Trump that the players do, in fact, have rights and that their prior actions WERE NOT IN OPPOSITION TO THE FLAG OR ANTHEM. Be not fooled though, folks, Trump already knew this but simply used the 'patriotic platform' to exemplify the 'slave master' mentality because it's basically all blacks in protest. There are those 'types' white males out there that want to see this type of aggression towards blacks as it makes them feel good and powerful. Trump knows how to handle his white males except for when it comes to mass shootings and opioids. *He has not yet used a single disparaging word on any one of the half dozen white mass shooters or the driver in Charlottesville which ran over that innocent bystander-protester. He has not attempted to discuss white violence in America even though it's white male Americans that commit nearly all the mass murders and are terrorists HERE on our soil.

The terrorist-suicide bomber in Austin the same things that ISIS does in the Middle East with bombs then tried to take out FBI agents along with himself as they approached his vehicle. Not a word from Trump. I'm not slamming or attacking ALL whites, okay, but the idea of 'white privilege' being played down is a crock of BS. Got off on a whole 'nother tangent here but it's so hard not to when you really, really think about all that's happened since he took office. Football season is months away but, I'm willing to bet that if-when players remain in the locker room, Trump will FEED OFF OF HIS FANS BOOING AND ATTACK THE PLAYERS AGAIN regardless of their rights. You read it HERE FIRST.