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A new HuffPost/YouGov survey reveals Americans are close to evenly divided over the NFL’s new policy that allows the league to fine teams whose players sit or kneel during the playing of the national anthem.
According to the report, “41 percent of Americans say that teams should be fined if their players kneel in protest, while 44 percent say they should not. The rest aren’t sure.”
Yahoo.com reports that “Views are divided along racial lines: half of white Americans but just 13 percent of black Americans approve of the fines. But the divide along political lines is even starker, with 81 percent of Donald Trump voters and just 12 percent of those who backed Hillary Clinton supporting fines levied against the teams.”
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The HuffPost/YouGov poll consisted of 1,000 completed interviews conducted May 23-28 among U.S. adults using a sample selected from YouGov’s opt-in online panel to match the demographics and other characteristics of the adult U.S. population.
“49 percent to 35 percent of Americans believe it’s inappropriate for NFL players to kneel. Trump voters remain almost universal in condemnation of the protests, with 92 percent considering them inappropriate.”
“Of those Americans who find the protests inappropriate, 8 percent currently say players should find a different way to protest during games, while 76 percent say players should protest only outside of their professional life and 13 percent that players should not protest at all.”
“Although the NFL protests haven’t won most Americans’ hearts, they have largely gotten their message across, the survey finds.”
“In the most recent poll, a 55 percent majority identify police violence as the main target of the protests, while fewer than 20 percent see it as a protest against Trump, the American flag or anything else.”
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NFL — who exploits players for 3yrs then abandons them to a lifetime of pain — sided with a draft-dodging racist who uses fake patriotism to squash peaceful protest. Corporations shld rethink sponsoring moral cowardice before we start asking: whose side is Nationwide really on? pic.twitter.com/ytVSiE4wfX
— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) May 29, 2018
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