MINNEAPOLIS -- Detroit Lions owner Martha Ford asked her team during a meeting this week not to kneel during the national anthem and if they found a different way to protest, she would donate money and her name to issues in the community the Lions players have, the Detroit Free Press is reporting.
Only two Lions players kneeled during the national anthem on Sunday -- linebackers Steve Longa and Jalen Reeves-Maybin. Longa is grieving the death of his father, Etienne, who was killed this week when he was hit by a SUV in Pennsylvania.