Yes, the NFL technically still has a national anthem policy that prohibits players from kneeling during the singing or playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" before games. But the rule is a ...

ATLANTA – The NFL has an official rule against kneeling during the national anthem. Following a year of hand-wringing and disagreement inside the league’s ownership ranks, team owners approved ...

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The NFL will enact a national anthem policy for 2018 that requires players and league personnel on the sideline to stand but gives them the option to remain in the locker room if they don't want ...

As President Donald Trump continues to chastise NFL players who kneel in protest during the national anthem before games, some football fans are wondering: Does the NFL league rulebook require ...

Nearly two weeks after several (Donald Trump-donating) NFL owners locked arms with their players during the national anthem in shows of “solidarity,” the league changed its obscure rule about ...

Before the 2025 NFL Draft kicked off at Lambeau Field, country singer Stephen Wilson Jr. performed the national anthem. Wilson, who was raised in Indiana, has carved out a successful career as a ...

On Sept. 26, 2023, SpaceXMania published an article claiming that the National Football League (NFL) had decided to stop playing the national anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner," before games ...

After acknowledging for the first time this summer it previously mishandled player protests during the national anthem, the NFL decided to play "Lift Every Voice And Sing" before every Week 1 game ...

It's a song with a moniker — the "Black national anthem" — that stirs emotions throughout the U.S. But few people know that "Lift Every Voice and Sing," a hymn written in 1900 by James Weldon ...

Before the Tennessee Titans officially selected Cam Ward with the No. 1 pick of the NFL Draft on Thursday night, the Black national anthem was performed on stage in Green Bay. The James Weldon ...