Detroit Lions defensive tackle Akeem Spence tweeted that his protest during the National Anthem last Sunday cost his father work. "Got some awful news from my father...a contractor deny giving him a job on doing a house because of my peaceful protest #smh," Spence tweeted yesterday afternoon. Spence kneeled, along with 7 teammates, for the Anthem prior to a loss against the Atlanta Falcons. "No disrespect to the flag, no disrespect to any of the veterans or anything," Spence told ESPN.
He said he and his teammates were expressing their disagreement with President Trump's comments that NFL team owners should fire protesting players.
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