Michelle Beadle slams NFL owners

The NFL's controversial new national anthem policy hasn't been well received by many players and fans, on ESPN's Get Up!, host Michelle Beadle called out NFL owners for refusing to address the real issue that anthem protests were originally centered around.

"They continue to fuel the flames that come from a lot of the fanbase that has completely convoluted what the original message was in the first place. And by the way, if you're wondering, Google 'Sterling Brown' today. Because there's a video coming out later today with Milwaukee Bucks' Sterling Brown that's the exact reason why these guys feel the way they feel, and have every right to feel the way they feel.

Now you're going to once again put the onus on the players… because you don't want to open your minds, you don't want to listen. You want to pretend like you're having meetings and giving money to these causes and 'we're really here for you guys, we care!'

You don't care. And what you could do is get out in front of it and make the fans understand why this continues to happen instead of turning it into a protest of the flag, of the troops, of this country. It's never been about any of those things. But they want to continue to fan those flames."

A number of players have been critical of the change since it was announced. After President Donald Trump praised the NFL's new policy and suggested that players unwilling to stand for the anthem "shouldn't be in the country," Denver's Brandon Marshall called Trump's remarks " disgusting."

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