By CBS Boston:
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (CBS/AP) — President Donald Trump has some advice for National Football League owners: Fire players who kneel during the national anthem. He’s also encouraging fans to walk out in protest.
And the president is bemoaning what he describes as a decline in violence in the sport.
“They’re ruining the game,” he said during a political rally in Alabama on Friday night that veered beyond politics.
Several athletes, including a handful of NFL players, have refused to stand during “The Star-Spangled Banner” to protest of the treatment of blacks by police. Quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who started the trend last year when he played for the San Francisco 49ers, hasn’t been signed by an NFL team for this season.
Though he did not mention President Trump by name, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell addressed the comments in a Saturday statement.
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