The NFL and the NFL Players Association issued a joint statement Thursday night announcing the two sides have reached a "standstill agreement" that will temporarily freeze the league's new national anthem policy.
"The NFL and NFLPA, through recent discussions, have been working on a resolution to the anthem issue," the statement says. "In order to allow this constructive dialogue to continue, we have come to a standstill agreement on the NFLPA’s grievance and on the NFL’s anthem policy. No new rules relating to the anthem will be issued or enforced for the next several weeks while these confidential discussions are ongoing.