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Kneeling players hit new low

Sunday’s are all about the NFL. It’s a day to kick back and enjoy some football or get nervous, hoping your team pulls out a win, which can be fun in a strange and ironic way. Unfortunately, this past Sunday the attention around the league was not on the games, but what took place pregame during the national anthem.

Many NFL players and staff members responded to President Trump’s recent comments against kneeling or sitting as a form of protest against police brutality aimed at black Americans during the national anthem by kneeling again, but this time in mass numbers as a team.