OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE MAY SOON BE OVER: NFL Teams Will Be Fined If Players Kneel During National Anthem.

NFL owners agreed Wednesday to a new policy governing player’s behavior during the pre-game national anthem ceremony. Commissioner Roger Goodell announced that the owners voted to fine teams if their players are on the field or sideline during the national anthem but refuse to stand. Players will be allowed to remain in the locker room if they so choose.

“This season, all league and team personnel shall stand and show respect for the flag and the anthem,” Goodell said in a statement. “Personnel who choose not to stand for the anthem may stay in the locker room until after the anthem has been performed.”

Related: “The NFL players’ union is reviewing the policy to see if it violates the collective bargaining agreement, but they’re not happy about it… And as you might expect, SJW Twitter is not happy.”

The NFL Players’ Association is led by DeMaurice Smith, who served “as counsel to Attorney General Eric Holder and was a member of Barack Obama’s transition team,” as the American Thinker reported in 2009, after Smith helped to blow up Rush Limbaugh’s effort to be part of the team purchasing the St. Louis Rams.