Skip to main content
Larry Brown Sports Tagline. Brown Bag it, Baby.
#pounditThursday, March 28, 2024

Richard Sherman: Jed York abstaining from anthem vote ‘carries a lot of weight’

Richard Sherman

It’s an open question how players concerned with social justice will react after NFL owners voted for the league’s new national anthem policy. There is one team, however, who can claim an owner that did not.

San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York was the lone owner to not vote for the proposal, choosing instead to abstain. That has not gone unnoticed by one of his players, cornerback Richard Sherman.

Another owner has said players will still be free to kneel on his team, though he did vote for the proposal. Despite the unanimity, there definitely is at least some blowback against the new rule, even among ownership.

.

Subscribe and Listen to the Podcast!

Sports News Minute Podcast
comments powered by Disqus