Ever since Colin Kaepernick took a knee, and members of the Philadelphia Eagles took their fight for criminal justice reform to Capital Hill — long before this week’s White House debacle — there has been quite the overlap between sports and politics.
The multi-year narrative finally came to a head last month when NFL owners decided to enact an official policy requiring all NFL and team personnel (including players) who are on the field to stand for the National Anthem or remain in the locker room, or else teams may be subject to fines that could be passed on to the players.