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Source: NFL Owners Not Scheduled To Vote On Anthem Policy Next Week

One possible discussion at the meeting is to keep players in the locker room during the anthemGETTY IMAGES

NFL owners are "not scheduled to vote" at next week’s annual league meeting in Orlando on "possible changes to the sport’s national anthem policy," according to a source cited by Mark Maske of the WASHINGTON POST. The source said that the owners are scheduled to "discuss the anthem policy and issues related to it, but no vote is planned." A source said that there would be "discussions on the national anthem policy at this meeting aimed toward a possible resolution at the May owners’ meeting in Atlanta." The source added that all possibilities "remain under consideration, from making no change to the policy to keeping players in the locker rooms until after the anthem is played before games to requiring players to stand for the anthem." The agenda for next week’s meeting includes a "discussion by the owners of social responsibility issues." That topic will include "discussion of both the anthem policy and the social justice accord that the league and owners struck late last year with representatives of the players" (WASHINGTON POST, 3/21).

REID OPTION: In San Jose, Matt Schneidman notes 49ers CB Richard Sherman "is concerned" that free agent S Eric Reid, who knelt for the last two seasons during the anthem, is "still a free agent." Sherman said, "Great teams are still looking and people are still looking for players, so I’m praying that he gets picked up. But if he doesn’t, I think there will be a conversation with the league office and the union, potential legal action" (San Jose MERCURY NEWS, 3/21). In Ft. Worth, Mac Engel wrote Reid is a player the Cowboys could use, but Owner Jerry Jones "doesn't have the stomach for those who take a knee." Because he "knows you don't." Engel: "Any team's decision not to pursue a perfectly serviceable 26-year-old player is on you. You can blame Jerry Jones for everything up to and including the direction of the sunrise, but this type of decision is based on the fans" (Ft. Worth STAR-TELEGRAM, 3/20). In Charlotte, Tom Sorensen writes the Panthers "shouldn’t avoid Reid because he takes a knee," and they also "shouldn’t pursue him because he takes a knee." They should "pursue him because they need a safety, and because the man can play" (CHARLOTTEOBSERVER.com, 3/21).

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