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President Donald Trump says "it is about time" that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell demands "that all players STAND for our great National Anthem-RESPECT OUR COUNTRY.

Members of the San Francisco 49ers kneel during the playing of the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, in Indianapolis. Vice President Mike Pence left the 49ers-Colts game after about a dozen San Francisco players took a knee during the national anthem Sunday
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says "it is about time" that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell demands "that all players STAND for our great National Anthem-RESPECT OUR COUNTRY."Cheap NFL Jerseys,

Trump made a reference Wednesday on Twitter to Goodell's meetings next week with NFL owners, where they will consider changes to a game manual that says players "should" stand during the national anthem. That's a guideline that the league has left to the discretion of players who have kneeled in larger numbers after Trump's criticism.

NFL owners will have their annual fall meeting in New York next Tuesday and Wednesday, and the league has invited Jerseys NFL Wholesale,the players' union to take part.

"Commissioner Roger Goodell reached out to NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith (Wednesday) and both he and player leadership will attend the league meetings next week," the NFL said in a statement. "There has been no change in the current policy regarding the anthem. The agenda will be a continuation of how to make progress on the important social issues that players have vocalized. Everyone who is part of our NFL community has a tremendous respect for our country, our flag, our anthem and our military, and we are coming together to deal with these issues in a civil and constructive way."

Goodell told club executives Tuesday in a memo obtained by The Associated Press that the anthem issue is dividing the league from its fans. He said the NFL needs to move past the controversy.

Goodell met Tuesday with Miami Dolphins players, law enforcement and community leaders.

"The NFL is doing the hard work of trying to move from protest to progress, working to bring people together,"Wholesale Jerseys, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said in a statement.

Trump told supporters last month that owners should fire players who kneel during the anthem, reigniting the movement started by ex-San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick over his view of police mistreatment of black males.

In an interview on FOX News Channel's (FNC) Hannity airing Wednesday night, Trump said the NFL could've avoided this issue by suspending Kaepernick.

"I watched Colin Kaepernick and I thought it was terrible," Trump said. "And then it got bigger and bigger and started mushrooming. And frankly the NFL should have suspended him for one game and he would have never done it again.Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, They could have then suspended him for two games and they could have suspended him again if he did it a third time, for the season, and you would never have had a problem."

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