NFL Owners Approve New National Anthem Policy

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Ryan Mayer

UPDATED: 12:20 P.M.

The NFL owners have been working throughout the past several days to attempt to figure out what to do (if anything) about players protesting during the national anthem. On Wednesday, they announced a new policy that will require all players and personnel that are on the field during the anthem to stand while the anthem is played. However, the NFL also removed the requirement from the Game Operations Manual that required players to be on the field for the anthem. Below is the full policy and you can read the commissioner’s statement here.

POLICY STATEMENT

The 32 member clubs of the National Football League have…