WASHINGTON: A wave of protests swept across the National Football League on Sunday as President Donald Trump escalated his feud with players who kneel during the US national anthem to draw attention to racial injustice. The US leader doubled down on those remarks early Sunday, urging fans to boycott the NFL as long as the protests continued. “If NFL fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our Flag & Country, you will see change take place fast. In Nashville, neither the Seattle Seahawks nor the Tennessee Titans took to the field to observe the national anthem. In Detroit, meanwhile, the singer of the national anthem Rico LaVelle dramatically dropped to his knee at the end of his rendition.

Source: New Strait Times September 24, 2017 22:52 UTC