In 2018, NFL owners unanimously approved a national anthem policy mandating players to stand if they are on the field for the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner." However, since then ...

Yes, the NFL technically still has a national anthem policy that prohibits players from kneeling during the singing or playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" before games. But the rule is a ...

Amid repeated protests during the playing of the national anthem over the past two seasons, the NFL on Wednesday passed a revised policy that mandates players and team personnel present on the ...

In America, the game doesn’t start until the national anthem plays. It’s not a mandate, it’s just a fact, as culturally ingrained as team colors and touchdown cheers. The anthem kicks off ...

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The NFL will enact a national anthem policy for 2018 that requires players and league personnel on the sideline to stand but gives them the option to remain in the locker room if they don't want ...

the national anthem became an integral part of professional football. Days after Japan surrendered in 1945 and brought an end to World War II, then NFL commissioner Elmer Layden called for “The ...

As President Donald Trump continues to chastise NFL players who kneel in protest during the national anthem before games, some football fans are wondering: Does the NFL league rulebook require ...

The NFL will play the Black national anthem before all games during the 2021 season, including the playoffs, as part of a 10-year, $250 million commitment to fighting racism in America ...

ATLANTA – The NFL has an official rule against kneeling during the national anthem. Following a year of hand-wringing and disagreement inside the league’s ownership ranks, team owners approved ...

As a result, the league treats the triple-header of games differently than a typical NFL Sunday. Each game has special national anthem singers along with allocated halftime show performers.