The National Football League, or NFL, has announced that it will fine teams if their players fail to stand during the playing of the national anthem. Instead, players who do not wish to stand can wait in the locker room until the song is over. The NFL announced the new policy Wednesday. NFL team owners approved the measure. The league did not say how much it would fine a team if a player does not follow the new rules. The “Star-Spangled Banner” is played before the start of each football game. Last season, some NFL football players chose to get down on one knee as the during the anthem instead of standing. The move was in protest of police shootings of unarmed black men in the United States. The majority of NFL players are African American.
Title: National Football League To Fine Teams if Players Protest
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2585/NFL_fines.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='National Football League To Fine Teams if Players Protest' data-article-id='3114'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='14667'>The National Football League, or NFL, has announced that it will fine teams if their players fail to stand during the playing of the national anthem.</span> <span data-start-time='14667' data-end-time='24042'>Instead, players who do not wish to stand can wait in the locker room until the song is over.</span> <span data-start-time='24042' data-end-time='28438'>The NFL announced the new policy Wednesday.</span> <span data-start-time='28438' data-end-time='32396'>NFL team owners approved the measure.</span> <span data-start-time='32396' data-end-time='40646'>The league did not say how much it would fine a team if a player does not follow the new rules.</span> <span data-start-time='40646' data-end-time='47146'>The “Star-Spangled Banner” is played before the start of each football game.</span> <span data-start-time='47146' data-end-time='56875'>Last season, some NFL football players chose to get down on one knee as the during the anthem instead of standing.</span> <span data-start-time='56875' data-end-time='65229'>The move was in protest of police shootings of unarmed black men in the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='65229' data-end-time='70083'>The majority of NFL players are African American.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2585/before_each_game.m4a'><span>before each game</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2585/after_the_season.m4a'><span>after the season</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2585/in_the_locker_room.m4a'><span>in the locker room</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2585/during_halftime.m4a'><span>during halftime</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=10830 data-hint-location='56875' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2585/the_move_was_in_protest_of__blank_.m4a'>The move was in protest of <span class='blank'>police shootings</span>.</div><div class='choices' 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