24 May 2018

NFL to fine players who kneel during US national anthem

From Morning Report, 8:43 am on 24 May 2018

NFL teams are going to fine players who kneel for the U.S National Anthem. The debate over the kneeling protests began in 2016 when San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the anthem. Last year a number of football players started kneeling during the national anthem in protest against the treatment of African-Americans. US President Donald Trump has said in the past that if NFL players don't stand they should be fired. Guyon Espiner talks to US correspondent Kevin McAleese.