The NFL's CBA also includes a boilerplate contract that requires not only a player's best efforts on the field but also "loyalty to the Club,Air Max 720 UK Sale, and to conduct himself on and off the field with appropriate recognition of the fact that the success of professional football depends largely on public respect for and approval of those associated with the game."
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Former baseball commissioner Bud Selig used his "best interests of the game" powers when he suspended Atlanta Braves reliever John Rocker in 1999 for racist comments in a magazine article. The NBA relied on its own constitution when it banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life and stripped him of his team in 2014, also for racist comments.
This gives the league wide latitude in punishing players for behavior that might damage the sport's reputation — anything from illegal (or even legal) gambling to comments that might scare off sponsors or fans.
Don't expect to see other protesters purged, though.
The CBA has two references to pre-game activities and neither involves the anthem or the flag. (One requires players to be given breakfast money if the pre-game meal comes after 9 a.m.)
WHAT DOES THE CONSTITUTION SAY?

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Both are legal.
The right to free speech is defined in the First Amendment,Harrison Barnes Jersey, which reads: "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press."
It's not surprising.
So why did NFL owners — many of them Trump supporters — back their players instead of their president?
Other sports have similar leeway.
The rules governing NFL player conduct are spelled out in its rulebook , its personal conduct policy , and the collective bargaining agreement negotiated between the league and its union.
NASCAR contracts aren't standardized, but an employee manual for the now-defunct Michael Waltrip Racing reminded workers that they are hired at-will and can be fired "at any time for any reason or for no reason." In the section regarding substance abuse, the employee acknowledges that: "The Company reserves the right to take any action against an employee ... whose conduct is deemed detrimental to the Company."
So U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had the law on his side when he said of the protesting football players, "They can do free speech on their own time."
For one thing, there are now too many of them. More importantly, the league and its owners decided that standing with the players was good for business — not just keeping the workforce happy, but also trusting that fans and sponsors would stick around.
The rulebook is very specific about what constitutes an excessive touchdown celebration, the proper inflation of a football and what kind of logo can appear on a player's shoes. It does not say players must stand during the national anthem.
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NASCAR bosses came to the opposite conclusion.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Several NFL owners locked arms with their players this weekend instead of taking a challenge from President Donald Trump to fire them for protesting during the national anthem. NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty said he would get rid of anyone on his racing team who didn't stand.
(But Petty went too far when he said: "Anybody that don't stand up for the anthem oughta be out of the country. Period.")
It's not illegal.
So race team owner Richard Childress was likely within his rights when he warned employees considering an anthem protest: "It'll get you a ride on a Greyhound bus."
Neither is surprising.
SO, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THOSE FOOTBALL PLAYERS?
As the Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, "A policeman may have a constitutional right to talk politics, but he has no constitutional right to be a policeman."
SO THEY'RE SAFE?
Private businesses — including sports leagues — routinely punish employees for things they say or do, even if those comments or actions are otherwise legal. The First Amendment so often cited as a blanket justification for "free speech" doesn't protect the employment of football players or racecar drivers when they speak their minds.
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