'We're so lucky that we can speak our mind,' Dallene Harpold said. The Game Day Operations manual suggests how players should respond, but nothing requires them to stand at attention, or even stand, according to Garthoff's blog.Īs the country takes sides in the discussion about the NFL players' actions, perhaps Scott and Dallene Harpold's counsel might temper peoples response. In his Monday blog, Pete Grathoff of The Kansas City Star, points out that there is nothing in the rule book that prescribes what players must do during The Star-Spangled Banner.
'It’s sad that guys that make extremely stupid money to throw a ball around want to disrespect the guys that went over and served for our country.'ĭriscol called up one of his friend's Facebook posts that cites the NFL rules for players' behavior during the national anthem.īut even that seems to be twisted in the social media world of what might or might not be true.