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NFL owners consider requiring players to stand for anthem
NFL owners are considering changing league rules to make it mandatory that players stand for the national anthem, a league spokesman said Tuesday.
The owners will discuss the possibility of changing the rule in a meeting next week. The league’s current policy asks that players players “stand at attention, face the flag, hold helmets in their left hand and refrain from talking” during the playing of the Star-Spangled Banner, but only allows for potential discipline from teams toward players failing to be on the field at that time.
NFL owners consider requiring players to stand for anthem