No one stopped her physically, however, the Washington Spirits’ owners decided to play the National Anthem before Megan Rapinoe and her team entered the field…so that she couldn’t take a knee.
Rapinoe made it clear that the knee she took earlier this week was to show support to Colin Kaepernick, not a coincidence. Just in case anyone else on her team decided to support her, the opposing team’s leadership decided to nip that in the bud quickly and quietly. Here is their statement…quite lengthy…
Statement from Washington Spirit owner Bill Lynch on decision to play national anthem with teams not on field. #NWSL pic.twitter.com/RKgkIyvHUb
— Jeff Kassouf (@JeffKassouf) September 7, 2016
Seems like by any means necessary, the powers that be will not allow change. Despicable…IMO.
