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<\/p>\nRUSH:\u00a0 Holy smokes! Get this, folks. The NFL with a major rules change for the upcoming season.\u00a0 A new policy is going to not permit kneeling on the field during the national anthem.\u00a0 The new policy will require every player who does take the field during the anthem to stand for the anthem.\u00a0 They don\u2019t have to take the field.\u00a0 They can stay in the locker room if they don\u2019t want to stand for the anthem, but they cannot come out for the anthem and now kneel.<\/p>\n
There will be penalties and perhaps fines established for this. And I\u2019m telling you now that all hell is gonna break loose by ESPN SportsCenter time tonight.\u00a0 If ESPN has lost 500,000 subscribers to date, they\u2019re gonna lose another 400,000 tonight by virtue of their take on this.\u00a0 You\u2019re gonna see people lose it live.\u00a0 They\u2019re gonna bring on every civil libertarian, every player, and they\u2019re gonna try to make heroes out of these kneelers.<\/p>\n
You wait and see what happens.\u00a0 They\u2019re not gonna be able to contain themselves on this, because this is basically… The Drive-Bys are holding out for Colin Kaepernick to be hired.\u00a0 They\u2019re holding out for some team to hire him.\u00a0 They\u2019re making it look like the only way this situation can ever get resolved is if somebody hires Kaepernick.\u00a0 Now the NFL owners come out (laughing) and say if Kaepernick shows up and tries this stunt again, he\u2019s fined. The team may be penalized. The system of fines and penalties is not firmed up yet.\u00a0 But the new policy requires everybody that\u2019s on the field during pregame to stand for the anthem.<\/p>\n
Man, oh, man.<\/p>\n
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RUSH: The NFL has apparently caved to Donaldus Maximus.\u00a0 Here\u2019s Roger Goodell today, press conference in Atlanta at the NFL spring meeting press conference. A reporter says, “Given the way the policy is worded, is it your expectation out of this, this will end all protests by players during the anthem on the sideline? Or, in your mind, is there leeway there for a particular owner or club to decide that they will allow their players to kneel?”<\/p>\n
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GOODELL:\u00a0 All 32 clubs want to make sure that, during the moment of the anthem and the flag, that that is a very important moment to all of us, uh, as a league, as clubs, uh, personally and to our country.\u00a0 And that\u2019s, uh — uh, a moment that we want to make sure is done in a very respectful fashion, and that was something that was, uh —<\/p>\n
RUSH:\u00a0 Stop the tape.\u00a0 Stop the…\u00a0 Did you hear the explosions in the background here, folks?\u00a0 Do you? There are people\u2019s heads at this moment literally exploding at this presser. Okay, resume tape.<\/p>\n
GOODELL:\u00a0 — very strongly held in the room. We think that we\u2019ve come up with a balanced process here and a procedure and policy that will allow those players to feel that they can\u2019t stand for the anthem, to, uh, stay in the locker room.\u00a0 And there\u2019s no penalty for that, but we are gonna encourage all of them to be on the field.\u00a0 We\u2019d like all of them to be on the field and stand at attention.<\/p>\n
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RUSH:\u00a0 I mean, this is such a reversal. This is… There\u2019s no other way to look at this other than a complete Donald Trump victory.\u00a0 This is the league demanding that every player on the field during pregame stand for the anthem; otherwise a fine or a penalty.\u00a0 They can avoid it by staying in the locker room, but they league wants them to be on the field.\u00a0 This is the National Football League finally recognizing who its fans are.\u00a0 But I\u2019m here to tell you, this is gonna cause sports media… I cannot describe for you the chaos that will be on ESPN SportsCenter. It won\u2019t even take that long.\u00a0 The leftist sportswriters are going to lose it over this.<\/p>\n
Here is Sports Illustrated correspondent Jonathan Jones asking Goodell about respect for the flag.<\/p>\n
JONES:\u00a0 Who\u2019s the arbiter of respect for the flag?\u00a0 What would be considered disrespect for the flag and the anthem?\u00a0 And why would the league and the owners kind of willingly attempt to police something that is subjective like this?<\/p>\n
GOODELL:\u00a0 Well, I think the general public has a very strong view of what respect for the flag is in that moment.<\/p>\n
RUSH:\u00a0 “The general public,” i.e., “our fans,” Mr. Sportswriter. “Our fans are the arbiters of respect for the flag, and we have heard them.”\u00a0 That\u2019s what that means.\u00a0 Ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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