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Time to Schein: Michael Bennett will sit for the National Anthem all season long
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RENTON, Wash. -- As Michael Bennett sat in a corner of the Seahawks' practice field on Tuesday afternoon, an idyllic view of Lake Washington behind him as he spoke to CNN's Jake Tapper via satellite, he knew he could speak out against social injustice freely, vividly, emotionally, passionately. He knew that as he spoke about his decision to sit for the national anthem during the Seahawks' preseason opener on Sunday, he could be his full self and put his convictions forward in a forthright manner.