Listen: we’re no fans of football players like Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the national anthem, but it looks like the NFL is stuck for a solution and considering assessing 15-yard penalties for teams that kneel during the anthem, should they even agree to even come out of the locker room while it’s being played.
One idea floated in a private session at NFL meetings: The home team would decide whether the teams come out for the national anthem; 15-yard penalties could be assessed for any players that kneel https://t.co/C8H1xFoRc7
— The MMQB (@theMMQB) May 22, 2018
Per sources, one anthem idea being discussed: Leaving it up to home team on whether teams come out for the anthem; if teams do come out for the anthem, potential that teams could be assessed 15-yard penalties for kneeling.
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) May 22, 2018
Albert Breer reports at Sports Illustrated:
On Tuesday, NFL owners put three hours aside for a privileged session to speak — amongst themselves and family members — about the most sensitive of topics.
One was how the league will handle players kneeling during the national anthem going forward. An idea being floated in the room goes like this: It would be up to the home team on whether both teams come out of the locker room for the anthem, and, should teams come out, 15-yard penalties could be assessed for kneeling.
This idea is being ratio'd. https://t.co/aiNohO26nj
— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) May 22, 2018
Yes, it is.
OK, here it is: The worst idea. https://t.co/exFyZ5faUW
— Don Van Natta Jr. (@DVNJr) May 22, 2018
Is this a contest for the worst possible idea? https://t.co/zZU2fEL9Ob
— Jeremy White (@JeremyWGR) May 22, 2018
I can't think of a worse idea but I'm sure the NFL will find it https://t.co/jHsPKZi7i0
— Michael Giardi (@MikeGiardi) May 22, 2018
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That sounds like a really, really, really, really, really stupid idea. Did i mention really stupid? https://t.co/YsmIpqmhqg
— Mike Chappell (@mchappell51) May 22, 2018
The NFL really does come up with the best bad ideas. https://t.co/sCB3dhXvnu
— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) May 22, 2018
Better be a short discussion. That is industrial-strength stupid. https://t.co/dqPytqbsul
— Pat Forde (@YahooForde) May 22, 2018
Here's an idea: Never let whoever thought of this, and whoever entertained this idea speak ever again. https://t.co/QagncVqRPY
— Justin Grasso (@JGrasso_) May 22, 2018
Holy hell this is stupid. https://t.co/BjBnU8Tppn
— Conor Orr ?? (@ConorOrr) May 22, 2018
A remarkably terrible idea, objectively https://t.co/Wxt3BPEAGm
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) May 22, 2018
I hope the NFL isn’t spending much time on this idea. Because it’s a dumb idea. https://t.co/Gtv6Rz1g3i
— Gary Parrish (@GaryParrishCBS) May 22, 2018
NFL executives specialize in making bad situations worse. It's uncanny. https://t.co/RRBwIJladB
— Ben DuBose (@BenDuBose) May 22, 2018
Great idea. Do it. Let's see what happens. https://t.co/FITIcntGDy
— Mac Engel (@MacEngelProf) May 22, 2018
It's like they sat down and tried to think of the worst possible solution to a non-problem. https://t.co/oIOrmE67zU
— Jesse Hathaway (@JesseInOH) May 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/MikeMSchwartz/status/999019277679144960
My brain just died trying to understand the reasoning behind this. https://t.co/Fqp5KLVzOP
— Sham (Sixers 36-20) (@ShamHR8) May 22, 2018
Step 1: Leak an idea to the press that's beyond unbelievably bad
Step 2: Pass a less harsh rule, which gets a much better reception that in would've otherwise because of "what could've been" https://t.co/vVxuAzAzy4
— Candice Hare (@CandiceHare_) May 22, 2018
And here we all thought the league couldn’t come up with something stupider than “complete the process” of a catch… https://t.co/D2gX96LL78
— Michael Beller (@MBeller) May 22, 2018
The NFL should care more about refs messing up calls like…WHAT IS A CATCH. https://t.co/u329moYkCW
— Mary #FlyTheW (@mchastain81) May 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/TrentReinsmith/status/999019115842031618
This seems … highly unnecessary? https://t.co/4qc0HQLfiW
— Zack Cox (@ZackCoxNESN) May 22, 2018
Are we really doing this again for another season https://t.co/Xs1QEoVpSv
— DK (@Dking1108) May 22, 2018
FFS. If they want to kneel just let them kneel. https://t.co/u329moYkCW
— Mary #FlyTheW (@mchastain81) May 22, 2018
Hot Take: The NFL, the media, and its fans have spent too much time, thought, and money into this issue. https://t.co/jFBNHqy4rC
— Adam Babinat (@AdamBabinat) May 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/owengood/status/999026624644427776
A penalty for a player choosing to kneel is one of the most outrageous ideas I have ever heard in my life. A penalty for something that has nothing to do with the game, whatsoever. Is this for real? This can't be serious. https://t.co/Su8bMLfTyz
— Jeff Gold (@JeffGold81) May 22, 2018
Ahhhh the NFL
15 yards for free speech! https://t.co/wvWEriZzBq
— Adam Wylde (@AdamWylde) May 22, 2018
"15 yard penalty, exercising First Amendment rights." I don't see what could go wrong. https://t.co/fYQf0KBSb9
— Jason Schwartz (@JasonSchwartz) May 22, 2018
Just keep the teams in the locker room at this point. Penalizing them for their 1st Amendment right in this way is not helping. https://t.co/9Ovv27HO48
— Michael Naus (@gnaws226) May 22, 2018
This is a really bad idea, and that's being kind. https://t.co/SsS8AcWsEb
— Cameron Wolfe (@CameronWolfe) May 22, 2018
Exhibit A on how to make a situation worse https://t.co/3bDGJ0oBFi
— Aaron Oster (@TheAOster) May 22, 2018
This would cause so many more problems than just keeping it the way it is. https://t.co/3ZnVhtQxqj
— Robert Snyder (@RobbieBuckets) May 22, 2018
What if both teams kneel? https://t.co/JiJ1en1gbh
— Matt Teubner (@greatmattsby2) May 22, 2018
So if both teams kneel … offsetting? https://t.co/JHi4BDb7yU
— Eric Edholm (@Eric_Edholm) May 22, 2018
Also if players on both sides kneel, the penalties offset and they replay the anthem https://t.co/bsnHdOYQHG
— John Karalis ?? (@RedsArmy_John) May 22, 2018
Just do it like college. Anthem before teams even come out of the locker rooms. Pretty simple solution. https://t.co/jfqPRVZiHq
— Dan Myers (@TheDanMyers) May 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/BenGerowNBA/status/999024809819459584
https://twitter.com/Travis_Waldron/status/999020489606598656
And just for the heck of it, yes, the @KapWatch account is still ticking away:
How many days has Colin Kaepernick been denied work in the NFL? We're counting. https://t.co/H3vJlOMcPq pic.twitter.com/5xfJb2dM6j
— KapWatch (@KapWatch) May 22, 2018
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Just a COWARD! Katie Pavlich LEVELS Roger Goodell for fence-sitting about the NFL and National Anthem https://t.co/cvffJ8K5Xz
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 19, 2017
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