NFL to fine players who kneel during national anthem

The NFL has announced that they will discipline and fine those players that don’t stand for the United States anthem before each game.However, they also announced that players who do not want to stand for the United States anthem could stay in the locker room until it has been performed.The statement comes a day after NFL teams pledged $90m towards social justice work in communities.The debate over the kneeling protests began in 2016, when San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the anthem.