{"id":328542,"date":"2017-10-01T20:27:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T19:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/nba-memo-warns-teams-and-players-not-to-protest-during-the-national-anthem\/"},"modified":"2017-10-01T20:27:39","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T19:27:39","slug":"nba-memo-warns-teams-and-players-not-to-protest-during-the-national-anthem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/nba-memo-warns-teams-and-players-not-to-protest-during-the-national-anthem\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA memo Warns Teams and Players not to Protest During the National Anthem"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to a report from ESPN\u2019s Zach Lowe, the NBA sent a memo to its teams this evening \u201creinforcing\u201d the existing rule requiring players and coaches to stand during the national anthem. This echoes remarks\u00a0made by commissioner Adam Silver yesterday, when he said he expects NBA players not to kneel or take other action during the national anthem. Per Lowe, the NBA reminded everyone that they can suspend players, and they suggested other ways for teams to get their political takes out there.<\/p>\n

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The memo, distributed by deputy commissioner Mark Tatum, instructs teams that \u201cthe league office will determine how to deal with any possible instance in which a player, coach, or trainer does not stand for the anthem.\u201d The memo states that individual teams \u201cdo not have the discretion to waive\u201d the rule that players, coaches, and staff must stand for the anthem. The league has the discretion to discipline players who violate the rule.<\/p>\n

In the memo, Tatum suggests teams might address the current political climate by having players and coaches give a joint pregame address. \u201cThis could include a message of unity and how the team is committed to bringing the community together this season,\u201d the memo states. The memo also suggests teams might prepare a video tribute or public service announcement featuring \u201cteam leadership speaking about the issues they care about.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The NBA has been very supportive of\u00a0player self-expression\u00a0over the past few years, and Silver…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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According to a report from ESPN\u2019s Zach Lowe, the NBA sent a memo to its teams this evening \u201creinforcing\u201d the existing rule requiring players and coaches to stand during the national anthem. This echoes remarks\u00a0made by commissioner Adam Silver yesterday, when he said he expects NBA players not to kneel or take other action during […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2520,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-328542","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2520"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}