Packers Kneeling During Anthem 2020
The packers are scheduled to play the saints in new orleans on sept.
Packers kneeling during anthem 2020. By bob garcia iv on august 24 2020. Five nfl teams remained in their locker rooms during the national anthem sunday on the first full day of game play in the 2020 2021 football season as all eyes watched how the league where. After the nfl ended its ban on players kneeling for the national anthem packers president and ceo mark murphy addressed the issue.
The new york jets minnesota vikings green bay packers buffalo bills and miami dolphins were. Things have continued to peak around the topic of social injustice in the united states that significantly impacts the black community. Several nfl teams stayed off the field when the national anthem was played before their week 2 games.
During the round of protests in 2017 a trio of packers sat on the bench during the national anthem but in a later game that season teammates stood for the anthem but locked arms as a sign of. Four years after colin kaepernick first began kneeling during the national anthem as a means of protesting police brutality and racial injustice nfl players and teams once again used the platform. Green bay packers star quarterback aaron rodgers hasnt been one to shy away from any discussion.
Watt makes his position on kneeling and the flag crystal clear. By scott anderson patch staff aug 3 2020 507 p m ct. Well start with packers president and ceo mark murphy responding to a reader of his monthly column on the teams website.
June 3 2020 601 pm. Green bay packers quarterback aaron rodgers has long been on the correct side of peaceful protests by nfl players during the playing of the national anthem. With that in mind it brings forth talk around kneeling during the national anthem that has generated a strong response from rodgers.