Tampa Bay receiver Mike Evans on Sunday became the latest NFL athlete to protest during the national anthem — in his case over the matter of president-elect Donald Trump on the verge of becoming the most powerful man on Earth.
In explaining himself afterward, before he went on to apologize on Tuesday in advance of the Buccaneers game Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium, Evans made some simple but clarifying points that speak to the core of the furor over Trump.
“That’s not a good look for America, I don’t think, for who he is,” Evans said. “It’s not about the Republican Party, the Democratic Party or anything like that.