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Consider the NBA rules:
Unlike NFL, the NBA has a rule that players must stand during playing of national anthem | NOLA.com
To end this controversy if Roger Goodell had any integrity he would suspend players that sat during the anthem.
If Goodell and the league punish and fine players for bogus trumped up charges, why not for sitting during the anthem?
The NBA's longstanding rule for team conduct states that players, coaches, and trainers are to stand and line up in a dignified posture along the sidelines or on the foul line during the playing of the national anthem.
Citing its rule, former NBA commissioner David Stern suspended former LSU and star Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (Chris Jackson) in 1996 for sitting down during the national anthem when he played for the Denver Nuggets. Abdul-Rauf suspension was lifted after one day when he agreed to stand during the anthem but pray silently in his hands.
Unlike NFL, the NBA has a rule that players must stand during playing of national anthem | NOLA.com
To end this controversy if Roger Goodell had any integrity he would suspend players that sat during the anthem.
If Goodell and the league punish and fine players for bogus trumped up charges, why not for sitting during the anthem?