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Coors Brewing Company, Golden Colorado. Hey, everyone. I am so honored today to be joined by

Tony Smith Thompson. Tony made headlines back in 2002 when as a player at Manhattanville

College as a basketball player, she protested during the national anthem.

Now, certainly this protest has shades of the kind of renaissance of athletic activism that we're seeing today.

So in the NFL passed their new stupid policy this past week.

I thought of no one better to speak with about their opinions on this and the history

of athletic activism, particularly by women and black women at that. So, Tony, welcome to burn

it all down. Thanks so much. It is such an honor to be on the podcast with you. I'm very excited.

This ruling this past week, the NFL made this ruling, an attempt to curtail peaceful protest of the players such as Kaepernick, Eric Reed, and other players who may want to and have before protested during the national anthem. When you heard of this policy, what did you think? What did I think when I heard of this policy?

So I actually posted some comments and response on social media because the, for me, this

policy rang of the same brand of compromise that I actually rejected when I was protesting during the 2002-2003 season.

There was quite a bit of disagreement on my team.

And when we tried to talk it out or reach some kind of agreement,

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