With the national anthem issue still in the news, and President Trump continuing to throw out controversial statements, the NFL responded once again today.
During a news briefing, league spokesman Joe Lockhart said the situation has been “overtaken by political forces,” and because of that, the views of the league and its players have been “distorted” and the issues “obscured” by people with political agendas.
Lockhart said recent statements made by President Trump were not factual or accurate.
“There was a statement that our owners are afraid of our players, and our owners requested an intervention by one of our political leaders to take this issue up,” Lockhart said, referencing remarks made by the president.