After nearly two years of hand-wringing, the league’s 32 owners decided on Wednesday to overhaul N.F.L. policy on protocol for the national anthem. players were unpatriotic,” Commissioner Roger Goodell said, explaining the need for the new policy. In a text message sent as the owners voted, George Atallah, assistant executive director for external affairs for the N.F.L. Players Association, made it clear the new rule was “not a compromise.”“We were not consulted or included,” he wrote.

Source: New York Times May 23, 2018 19:52 UTC