NFL games banned in Ohio restaurant after ‘offensive’ protests
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Restaurant owner refuses to show NFL games
Ohio restaurant owner Bill Defries on why he is refusing to show NFL games in his restaurant.
On Wednesday afternoon, days after some NFL players and team owners continued to kneel during the national anthem in defiance of President Donald Trump’s wishes, Ohio restaurant owner Bill DeFries decided: He was going to stop showing NFL games in his restaurant for the remainder of the season.
“While I respect the right of every American to express their views and voices freely, the actions demonstrated by the NFL players during the national anthem, it was offensive and disrespectful to me as a veteran and fellow veterans,” DeFries, a Marine Corps veteran, told FOX Business’ David Asman on ‘After the Bell.’
The NFL controversy escalated last Friday when President Donald Trump, while campaigning in Alabama on behalf of Sen. Luther Strange, called on team owners to fire those who knelt during the national anthem in order to protest police brutality against African-Americans.
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