NFL Owners Ready To Move Forward from National Anthem Discussions

While many thought the NFL owners to consider a potential policy change for the National Anthem, that wasn't the case. Instead discussions revolved around how to keep the players involved, showing support for social causes that are most important to players.

NEW YORK — The NFL’s owners meeting taking place Tuesday in Manhattan was supposed to be about standing—or not standing—for the National Anthem. That’s why the sidewalks in front of the NFL’s midtown offices were packed with reporters all morning, and it’s why satellite trucks were parallel parked in front of the Conrad Hotel in Lower Manhattan before the sun rose.

And then, a funny thing happened: neither the morning meeting between a…