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Today, Explained

Kneecapped

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2018

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Today the National Football League released a statement saying players will be fined if they kneel during the national anthem. It’s the ultimate response to a protest that began with former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in 2016, and became a cause célèbre for President Trump. SB Nation’s Tyler Tynes explains the significance of this moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, Johnny, can you hear me?

0:04.9

I can hear you just fine, yeah.

0:07.1

Your phone came up as today explained, like as if that's a person, yeah, that's like really

0:11.9

cool.

0:12.9

They didn't tell you about quip electric toothbrushes, did it?

0:16.3

No, it was that that was kind of inferred, you know, with the whole thing.

0:20.0

I didn't even have to see it to know.

0:22.5

Where are you right now?

0:24.4

I'm on a ferry that is loaded with people coming back from a little island here near Hong

0:31.2

Kong.

0:32.2

Holy smokes, I want to hear all about what you're seeing, what you're hearing, what you're

0:35.4

doing.

0:36.4

Oh man, I'll just tell you this, it has a lot to do with buns.

0:40.3

Okay, buns.

0:44.3

Tyler, Tyne, staff writer at SB Nation, the NFL announced today that it will find teams

0:55.6

if players kneel during the national anthem.

0:59.2

So what exactly did the NFL say?

1:02.1

The NFL made it very clear.

1:03.9

They had a six point stance for the 32 member clubs.

1:07.5

Unanimously, all the owners voted this in.

1:09.6

They said that all team and league personnel in the field shall stand and shall respect

1:13.2

for the anthem.

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