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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Says ‘I Will Support’ Players Who Peacefully Protest During National Anthem

August 24, 2020 by Staff

(Fox News) NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell sat down with former linebacker and current Fox Sports 1 analyst Emmanuel Acho to discuss Colin Kaepernick and other players who may choose to peacefully protest during the national anthem.

In the second part of an interview on Acho’s “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man” series, which aired on Monday night, Goodell said that he would be in full support of players who decide to peacefully protest this upcoming season.

“Yes,” Goodell said when Acho asked him the question. “We have never disciplined a single player for anything with the national anthem and in violation. And I don’t intend to. And I will support them.”

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