NFL says âeveryone should stand â prepares proposal to âmove past the Anthem controversyâ â ThinkProgress
Roger Goodell
Tuesday afternoon ESPN obtained a memo  NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell  wrote to NFL owners.
In it   Goodell   speaking on behalf of the organization  suggests athletes could soon be required to stand for the National Anthem writing  âWe believe that everyone should stand for the National Anthem.â
NEW: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to team leaders: "We believe that everyone should stand for the National Anthem" https://t.co/KEPUJR8Avx pic.twitter.com/cEGFqycB5B â ABC News (@ABC) October 10  2017
 Goodell  adds that the league must âmove past the Anthem controversy â and that it has become a âbarrier to having honest conversations and making real progress to the underlying issues.â  Goodell  added that the league has developed a plan to tackle these âcore issuesâ to be presented during a league meeting next week.
Tuesday afternoon ESPN obtained a memo   [TGT] wrote to NFL owners.
In  [TGT]    Goodell   speaking on behalf of the organization  suggests athletes could soon be required to stand for the National Anthem writing  âWe believe that everyone should stand for the National Anthem.â
NEW: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to team leaders: "We believe that everyone should stand for the National Anthem" https://t.co/KEPUJR8Avx pic.twitter.com/cEGFqycB5B â ABC News (@ABC) October 10  2017
  [TGT] adds that the league must âmove past the Anthem controversy â and that it has become a âbarrier to having honest conversations and making real progress to the underlying issues.â   [TGT] added that the league has developed a plan to tackle these âcore issuesâ to be presented during a league meeting next week.