The NFL announced a new policy Wednesday regarding player, coach, team personnel and ownership behavior during the playing of the national anthem at its games.
The complete policy, along with an accompanying statement from Commissioner Roger Goodell, is at the bottom of this editorial.
Our purpose at Pro Football Weekly is neither politics nor patriotism. Do we have personal opinions on this subject? Of course we do.
But because politics, patriotism and my opinion on anything other than football are not why you read PFW, we will not pretend to have a right or wrong answer to the question of what is acceptable behavior for NFL personnel during the playing of the anthem.