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The NFL’s new national anthem rule is a huge cop-out

By Siraj Hashmi

Published May 23, 2018 6:10pm ET

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The NFL’s new national anthem rule is a huge cop-out — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announces NFL team owners have reached agreement on a new league policy that requires players to stand for the national anthem or remain in the locker room during the NFL owner's spring meeting Wednesday, May 23, 2018, in Atlanta. | (John Bazemore/AP)

On Wednesday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced a new policy mandating that players and league personnel on the sideline stand during the playing of the national anthem.

This is designed to address the controversy surrounding players kneeling during the national anthem as a sign of symbolic protest for criminal justice reform and police brutality directed at African-Americans, among other causes.

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