NFL: protests during the anthem of racial discrimination added a new chapter – 20/07/2018
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Protests against racial discrimination during the American anthem in NFL games have added a new chapter. After discovering a measurement of the directors of the Miami Dolphins who warned their players that those who kneel on the field would be sanctioned, the League and the Union of Players have agreed to suspend the new punishment policy.
It all started when the update of a Dolphins By-Law was leaked. In an article, the management alerted the team that players who kneel during the anthem would be punished.
As revealed on Thursday the Associated Press, the Miami team included in its list of behaviors that are "detrimental" to the team. club, and so are punishable, critical gestures while the country song sounds. "Players on the Field Must Stand Up and Show Respect" reads an updated piece of code
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Protest of Dolphins in October 2016. (AP)
The symbolic protest gesture of African Americans, in league match. American football professional against racial discrimination, did that in May the NFL approved a policy banning kneeling to players who were on the field and allowed them to remain in the locker room until At the end of the anthem.
Regarding punishment, the league passed the ball to the institutions themselves: each could develop its own sanctions. The action of the Dolphins was the first to highlight the 32 teams that make up the professional football league.
In the Dolphins, three players knelt for most of the season: Kenny Stills, Julius Thomas and Michael Thomas. The first is the only one who continues this year in the team
Shortly after the layout was known, the NFL and the NFL Players Association issued a joint statement: "No new rules related the anthem will be issued in the coming weeks. "
" In order to allow this constructive dialogue to continue, we have agreed to stop the NFLPA's complaint regarding the hymn. "
The protest gesture of the players, mainly blacks, was born in 2006. Colin Kaepernick, former San Francisco 49ers player and currently without a team, was the first to react against police action, social injustice and racial inequality.
The demonstration was extended to other players and teams, so became one of the most controversial and sensitive topics of the last time in American sports leagues.
