re: #99 Joe Bacon 🌹

I think you might have misunderstoood; from the article:

The National Football League announced Thursday that it will freeze its new policy requiring players to remain standing during the national anthem.

The NFL said in a statement that it has been “working on a resolution to the anthem issue” with the NFL Players Association (NFLPA), one week after the association filed a grievance against the league over its controversial anthem policy.

“In order to allow this constructive dialogue to continue, we have come to a standstill agreement on the NFLPA’s grievance and on the NFL’s anthem policy,” the NFL’s statement reads. “No new rules relating to the anthem will be issued or enforced for the next several weeks while these confidential discussions are ongoing.”

“The NFL and NFLPA reflect the great values of America, which are repeatedly demonstrated by the many players doing extraordinary work in communities across our country to promote equality, fairness and justice,” the statement continued. “Our shared focus will remain on finding a solution to the anthem issue through mutual, good faith commitments, outside of litigation.”

If I’m reading that correctly, the policy requiring players to stand during the National Anthem has been temporarily suspended while negotiations regarding that policy are ongoing.