A day after the Dolphins created a national stir for seeming open to suspending their players up to four games for protesting during the national anthem, owner Stephen Ross suggested those who kneel might not face punishment from the team at all.
Ross said that the “one-line sentence” regarding the team’s anthem policy that leaked Thursday “was a placeholder” because the league wanted the team’s rule at the start of training camp but “we haven’t made a decision on what we would do, if anything at that point.”
Ross went on to say that he is “pleased” that the NFL decided late Thursday to suspended its anthem policy as the league tries to work out a new one with the NFLPA.