Monday, Sept. 25, 2017

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 25 September 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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For years, the N.F.L. has avoided bringing politics onto the field. But in stadiums across the country on Sunday, players locked arms in protest as the national anthem played. We discuss how President Trump has forced professional athletes to become more political than ever before. Guest: Michael Powell, a sports columnist for The Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Barbar.
0:02.4	This is The Daily.
0:08.8	Today, for years, the NFL has avoided bringing politics
0:13.5	onto the field, but in stadiums across the country on Sunday,
0:18.0	as the National Anthem was sung, players locked arms in protest.
0:23.0	How in trying to keep politics out of football,
0:27.0	the President forced the lead to become more political than ever before.
0:32.0	It's Monday, September 25.
0:38.0	Your opinion about the current administration
0:40.0	and about the Pope projected trip to the White House has been very clear.
0:44.0	You've said you do not intend to go.
0:46.0	So it's Friday, media day for the Golden State Warriors in Oakland, California.
0:52.0	Michael, give us the scene there.
0:54.0	The Warriors are the NBA champions and really kind of an iconic team
0:59.0	in the NBA right now.
1:01.0	Michael Powell is a sports columnist at the times.
1:04.0	And their star of stars is this small by NBA standards guard, Steph Curry.
1:11.0	Yeah, my views haven't haven't changed at all.
1:14.0	I don't know if they can be changed, but that's kind of where I stand right now.
1:19.0	And he's a sort of a maestro with the basketball.
1:23.0	He's also not sure at all that he wants to make what is the traditional trip
1:29.0	that the NBA champion and the Warriors or the NBA champions make to the White House.
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