Hockey commentator Don Cherry says media coverage of athletes kneeling during the playing of national anthems has been hypocritical. Read more: Trump says NFL players who kneel in protest during national anthem should be fired Predators star P.K. It has since become common across the league and has spread to Major League Baseball and the Canadian Football League. National Hockey League players Wayne Simmonds and Joel Ward have both entertained the idea of kneeling during the anthems during that sport’s pre-season. “The reason they can make fun and ridicule Tim getting on his knees and thanking the Lord is because he is a Christian,” said Cherry.

Source: thestar September 28, 2017 14:50 UTC