Football and football: Trump responded with a Boycott on knee-permission

The American President Donald Trump will look at in the future, no games of the American Football League NFL and the national football teams of his country more. This is the 74-Year-old, announced as a response to the permission of the knee if during the national anthem in American football, and probably the upcoming permit in the Football.

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His party colleague, Jim Jordan, had asked via Twitter, whether it is really the voice of that "the national football teams of the United States not to stand for the national anthem in the future". The answer of Trump was not long in coming. "And it looks as if the NFL would go in the same direction, but then I will no longer look at me!", he wrote on his Twitter profile.

The President had practiced in the past is often a clear criticism of the knee during the national anthem. From his point of view, such protests are an insult to the American flag and the military. Colin Kaepernick, had shown a gesture in the NFL as the first of these, Solidarity, had been insulted by 2017 from Trump, therefore, even as a "son of a bitch". In addition, the Republicans had demanded at the time that all the players will be fired at the anthem knees, immediately from their Teams.

in view of the ongoing debate after the violent death of George Floyd of the us soccer Federation USSF tipped in the last week, the controversial knee-a case-a rule, however. Therefore, in the future, players may go with the national anthem on a knee without being punished for it. Also in the NFL, there was Commissioner Roger Goodell of the positive signals that the League leadership will accept the knee in the future, probably without complaint.

The German Basketball national team player Isaac Bonga wants to meanwhile, the Washington Wizards, a clear sign against racism. "It is important that we collect all the voice. There needs to be a solution," said the 20-year-old NBA professional the "Sports buzz": "We plan as a Team, the Washington Wizards closed to participate in a protest March to show our support for this fight. The city of D.C., we are basketball players and the whole world stand together in this matter.“