NFL 決起大会／結集させるs around 抗議するing players 公然と非難するd by Trump
By James Oliphant and Valerie Volcovici
SOMERSET, N.J.,/WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - NFL teams 行う／開催する／段階d a show of 団結 with 抗議するing players before Sunday's games by ひさまづくing, linking 武器 or staying off the field during the U.S. 国家の 国家, 反抗するing 大統領 Donald Trump's call for owners to 解雇する／砲火／射撃 those who 辞退する to stand.
Along the sidelines of 国家の Football League games across the country and in London, coaches, support staff and even some owners joined team members in a silent 返答 to Trump's 週末 denunciation of players who ひさまづく during the 国家 as unpatriotic.
In a gesture 始めるd last season by then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, several NFL players have routinely "taken one 膝" during the playing of the 国家. It is ーするつもりであるd to call attention to what the 抗議するing players see as a pattern of 人種差別主義 in the 治療 of African-Americans by U.S. police.
In Detroit, several members of the Lions knelt while singer Rico Lavelle dropped to one 膝 and pumped a 握りこぶし in the 空気／公表する at the end of his 業績／成果 of the "星／主役にする-Spangled 旗，新聞一面トップの大見出し／大々的に報道する."
In Philadelphia, city police officers joined with Eagles and New York 巨大（な）s players and Eagles team owner Jeffrey Lurie to link 武器 during the 国家 in a 調印する of 団結.
While some Americans are 同情的な to the 抗議する人s, others see the 拒絶 to stand as a 調印する of disrespect for the 旗 and for members of the 軍の who have sacrificed or died in defending the country.
Trump 再燃するd the 論争 on Friday at an Alabama political 決起大会／結集させる in which he 示唆するd any 抗議するing player was a "son of a bitch" and 勧めるd owners to 解任する them on the 位置／汚点／見つけ出す, reprising his reality-show catch phrase: "You're 解雇する／砲火／射撃d."
The 主題 could play 井戸／弁護士席 with Trump's 保守的な base at a time when the 共和国の／共和党の 大統領，／社長 is grappling with North Korea's 核の 脅しs, an 調査 of ロシアの 干渉 in the 2016 elect イオン and a healthcare struggle in 議会.
POLITICAL DIVISIONS
But Trump's 姿勢 appeared to galvanize players, teams and the league to 主張する what they see as a 権利 to 表明する their political 有罪の判決s 自由に. It also 最高潮の場面d the 深い political 不和 that Trump's 選挙 has exposed across many segments of American society.
New England 愛国者s Chairman and 大統領 Robert Kraft, who has dined with Trump and whom the 大統領，／社長 considers a friend, 非難するd Trump on Sunday and defended players' 権利 to 抗議する.
"I am 深く，強烈に disappointed by the トン of the comments made by the 大統領，／社長 on Friday," Kraft said in a 声明. He said players had a "権利 to 平和的に 影響する／感情 social change and raise 認識／意識性 in a manner they feel is most impactful."
にもかかわらず a strong rebuke of his 発言／述べるs by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and the players' union on Saturday, the 大統領，／社長 did not 支援する 負かす／撃墜する on Sunday, calling on fans to ボイコット（する） the league if it would not discipline 抗議するing players.
"If NFL fans 辞退する to go to games until players stop disrespecting our 旗 & Country, you will see change take place 急速な／放蕩な," Trump wrote on Twitter. "解雇する／砲火／射撃 or 一時停止する!"
In another tweet, Trump, who spent the 週末 at his ゴルフ club in Bedminster, New Jersey, said that the "league should 支援する" fans who are upset about the 抗議するs.
In Chicago, Trump's 反目，不和 was the main topic of conversation at the South 宙返り飛行 Club sports 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業.
"This is a First 改正 問題／発行する and the 大統領，／社長 is supposed to 支持する that 権利," said Sam Cunningham, 55, who was watching the Pittsburgh-Chicago game with his wife. "He should know better than anyone that to 解雇する／砲火／射撃 someone because of their opinion is not 権利."
One patron at a sports 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Trump 支持者 Tim Kull, 67, said: "Do it on your time, not when you are wearing that uniform."
GESTURE BY TOM BRADY
In Foxboro, Massachusetts, more than a dozen players and coaches on the 最高の Bowl 支持する／優勝者 愛国者s knelt or linked 武器, 含むing quarterback Tom Brady, whom Trump 指名する-dropped as a friend on the （選挙などの）運動をする 追跡する. Brady placed one 手渡す on his chest and used the other to link 武器 with his チーム仲間s.
Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad 旅宿泊所 linked 武器 with team players in 団結 at the game against the Baltimore Ravens in London's Wembley Stadium. 旅宿泊所 寄付するd $1 million to the Trump 就任（式）／開始 基金.
Robert McNair, chairman of the Houston Texans, said Trump's comments were "意見の不一致を生じる and counterproductive to what our country needs 権利 now." McNair also 寄付するd $1 million to Trump.
Other teams decided to stay off the field during the 国家. Before the Seattle Seahawks game against the Tennessee 巨人s in Nashville, neither team （機の）カム out until after the pre-game 儀式.
Except for a 選び出す／独身 player, the Pittsburgh Steelers remained off the field in Chicago before their game against the 耐えるs to 避ける "playing politics," 長，率いる coach マイク Tomlin said. The team was roundly booed by the home （人が）群がる when it finally 現れるd.
The demonstrations along the sidelines ahead of Sunday's 早期に game 誘発する／引き起こすd a fresh 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of tweets by the 大統領，／社長.
"広大な／多数の／重要な 団結 for our 国家の 国家 and for our Country. Standing with locked 武器 is good, ひさまづくing is not 許容できる. Bad ratings!" he wrote.
NBA PLAYERS RESPOND
国家の Basketball 協会 players also struck 支援する against comments by the 大統領，／社長 on Saturday after Trump 衝突／不一致d with one of the biggest 星／主役にするs in the league, Stephen Curry.
Then on Saturday evening, Oakland As 新人 Bruce Maxwell became the first Major League Baseball player to ひさまづく for the 国家の 国家 in 抗議する.
In a Twitter message, Trump 無効にするd a White House 招待 to Curry, who had said he would "投票（する）" against the planned visit by the NBA 支持する／優勝者 Golden 明言する／公表する 軍人s.
Curry told a news 会議／協議会 in Oakland, California: "It's beneath the leader of a country to go that 大勝する."
In a tweet on Sunday, Trump said the Pittsburgh Penguins ホッケー team, which won the Stanley Cup, 受託するd his 招待 to the White House. "広大な／多数の／重要な team!" he wrote.
(付加 報告（する）／憶測ing by Barbara Goldberg, Jonathan Allen, Jarrett Renshaw, Bernie Woodall, Petr Schroeder and Robert Chiarito; 令状ing by Frank McGurty; Editing by 認める McCool and Peter Cooney)
