Former NFL tight end and head coach Mike Ditka said Monday "there has been no oppression in the last 100 years that I know of" and said current football players should "respect the game" by saving protests for after the game rather than during the national anthem.
Ditka made the comments before the Monday Night Football contest between the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears during an interview with Jim Gray of Westwood One (via Des Bieler of the Washington Post).
"Is this the stage for this?