EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - JANUARY 09: New York Giants new head coach Joe Judge, center, poses for photographs with team CEO John Mara, left, chairman and executive vice president Steve Tisch, right, after a news conference at MetLife Stadium on January 9, 2020 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
NY Giants owner, John Mara, was one of the more outspoken owners against kneeling – and other political demonstrations – during the national anthem back in 2017.
You can now add the NY Giants to the list of teams (which is every team now, I’d imagine) that have no problem having their players kneel during the national anthem or participating in other types of protesting/demonstrating and using their platform for off the field issues.