U.S. Soccer Federation bans National Anthem protests, is immediately branded as racist
posted at 9:31 am on March 12, 2017 by Jazz Shaw
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I recently heard a rumor that Colin Kaepernick wouldn’t be kneeling during the playing of the National Anthem during the next NFL season. (Assuming, of course, he has a team to play for at that point.) No word from the other players in the league at this point but there’s a different sporting league where allegedly this won’t even be a question. The US Soccer Federation has now instituted a rule which will forbid such displays and instructs their players to “stand respectfully” during the ceremony. How well do you suppose that’s going over? (Washington Post)
The “Kaepernick Effect” spread swiftly through U.S. professional and amateur sports in the weeks after San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick first knelt during the national anthem at a football game in August. But only a single pro soccer player — U.S. women’s national team midfielder Megan Rapinoe — chose to join the wave of protests, kneeling before games that the Seattle Reign played and before several U.S. matches. Apparently that didn’t sit well with the people who run the U.S. Soccer Federation. Because this week, the U.S. Soccer Federation introduced a new policy designed to keep Rapinoe on her feet. From now on, “All persons representing a Federation national team shall stand respectfully during the playing of national anthems at any event in which the Federation is represented.”
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/03/12/u-s-soccer-federation-bans-national-anthem-protests-is-immediately-branded-as-racist/
