In an attempt to save face and try to solve a PR disaster, the NFL decided that there will be a penalty administered to the team whose players don't stand for the national anthem. To polish off an old cliche, the horse has left the barn already and closing the barn door will do nothing. It might make the NFL feel better and give them good PR, but it's impossible to enforce. Enough players will either ignore it or just accept the penalty and move on with the game.
Poor Roger Goodell. For a man who is apparently "the most powerful man in sports" (and he might be. After all he does "run" the most popular sport in America) he sure seems like he's in way over his head and as absolutely no idea how to run the NFL. No, I'm not saying I could do a better job. In fact, I probably couldn't. Goodell though seems to want to do whatever is popular and sometimes in business, you can't do that. You need leadership and the ability to make tough choices. Goodell doesn't seem to be able to do that.
You cannot legislate morality or decency. You can force people to 'do' the right thing, but not because they want to or care about it. In other words, it's just lip service. Unless people change from the inside, no law will change how people think.
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