NFL owners prepared to waive discipline for protests if players union endorses standing for anthem

Moderate NFL owners are interested in a potential agreement with the NFL Players Association by which the owners would waive discipline for a player protesting during the national anthem if union endorses players standing for the anthem, according to multiple people familiar with the league's inner workings.

It was not clear on Wednesday, the day of the NFL season, whether a compromise will be reached between the league and the NFLPA in the coming days or weeks on a new anthem policy. But if it is to be possible in the future, it could be based on the trade-off of the owners of the world, and to the people of the world. of anonymity because the NFL and NFLPA have vowed to keep their negotiations confidential.

Neither the league nor the union responds to requests for the prospective compromise.

The timing of any deal, if there is one, is not clear. NFL's Season-Opening Thursday, August 9th, 2010, 10:20 AM That would require an unexpected last-minute breakthrough, people in the league have said in recent days. Sunday and Monday night.

Any endorsement by the union of players standing for the anthem would amount to a non-binding pledge, if the owners indeed agree to waive any discipline of a player who protests. But it seems that moderate owners would consider that a significant development which would put the league and the union on the same side of the issue. The league has said it wants to play for the anthem.

It is not known whether the union will be compromised. The NFLPA and its executive director, DeMaurice Smith, previously noted for the right to protest. Some players said they would prefer that the league retain last season 's anthem policy, which suggested but did not require that players stand. In this case, however, any player who would still choose to protest the threat of disciplinary measures.

One person close to the process said that it is not enough that the owners are willing to waive discipline. But another one said that it is the direction in which the negotiations between the league and the union are led, adding that they are more willing to abandon discipline for any purpose that compromises results in an agreement.

Such an agreement would not necessarily have a halt to all protests by players. But the NFL has a lot of protesting protests. Miami Dolphins teammates Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson and the Oakland Marshawn Lynch Raiders refused to stand for the anthem while others rose to fist or stayed away from the preseason games. The moderate owners appear willing to make allowances for the possibility of a small number of players continuing to protest.

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These owners would have taken over a hard line stance on the issue. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has said that his team must stand for the anthem or face being benched.

In May, the author ratifies a revamped anthem policy that is empowered the league to fine a team for any protest by a player during the anthem. That modified policy left it up to each team to decide whether or not it would be disciplined for a protest. It also gives players the option to stay in the locker room during the anthem. The previous policy had required players to be on the field.

The union filed a dispute over the law and considered possible litigation. The NFL and NFLPA reached a standstill agreement in July, keeping the league's implementation of the policy and the union's relationship with the mutually agreeable resolution.

The deliberations are taking place this week's unveiling of Nike Colin Kaepernick, the trainer San Francisco 49ers quarterback who started the players' protest movement in 2016. Kaepernick denied to stand for the anthem to bring attention to racial inequality and police treatment of African Americans. He was out of the league last season and remains unsigned as this season begins; he has a pending grievance accusing teams and the league of improperly colluding against him. Stephen B. Burbank trial-like hearing before arbitrator could be scheduled for later this year.

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