Just to be clear, Drew Brees did NOT sit during the national anthem:
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/saints-qb-brees-standing-national-anthem-50065499
I fully agree that taxpayers should not have to subsidize sports stadiums and franchises, regardless of the national anthem issue, but moreso now. But let’s be careful about who we accuse of sitting.
My bad. I saw something on Twitter and it had a quote of Brees trashing Trump. And saying the whole team sat.
He didn’t sit, but he also didn’t keep his mouth shut, when he should have.
http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2017/09/drew_brees_disagrees_with_dona.html#incart_most-read_
Drew Brees disagrees with Donald Trump and silent protest during national anthem
September 24, 2017 at 5:14 PM
By Herbie Teope
hteope@nola.com,
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The controversy over President Donald Trump’s remarks directed at the NFL has taken the league by storm since Friday evening.
The NFL, NFLPA and numerous teams, including the Saints, issued statements in the past 48 hours renouncing Trump’s comments, including one where he used the phrase “son of a bitch” to describe players kneeling in protest of social justice issues during the national anthem.
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees understood the attention surrounding the controversy so much so that he started his postgame press conference by addressing Trump’s remarks before taking questions following the Saints’ 34-13 win over the Carolina Panthers.
“I disagree with what the President said and how he said it,” Brees said. “I think it’s very unbecoming of the office of the President of the United States to talk like that, to the great people like that, and, obviously, he’s disappointing a lot of people.”