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In September, Stephen Martin saw a Nike ad featuring former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
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In September, Stephen Martin saw a Nike ad featuring former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
Millions of Americans are looking forward to the return of Sunday NFL football this weekend. And somewhere in St. Petersburg, a group of Russian trolls likely is, too.
What Colin Kaepernick started by kneeling during the national anthem two years ago has grown into a protest bigger than the former NFL quarterback.
If the NFL thinks its new rule designed to quell player protests will end its national anthem controversy, it may want to think again.
A majority of Americans, by a 58% to 35% margin, believe NFL players who kneel during the National Anthem in protest are "not unpatriotic," according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday.
President Donald Trump praised NFL team owners for doing the "right thing" in requiring NFL players to stand during the national anthem this season, and suggested those who don't stand maybe "shouldn't be in the country."
When NFL ratings fell 10% last season, some team owners and fans argued that it was because players were kneeling during the national anthem.