The NFL will not discipline those teams and players who refused to be on the field for the playing of the national anthem before games Sunday, league spokesperson Joe Lockhart said Monday.
“There will be no discipline handed down this week,” Lockhart, the NFL’s executive vice president of communications and public affairs, said in a conference call with reporters.
The Steelers, Seattle Seahawks and Tennessee Titans were not on the field for the anthem.
The Steelers players decided to remain in the tunnel at Chicago’s Soldier Field after emerging from their locker room for Sunday’s game.