Drew Brees is apologizing for his comments about fellow NFL athletes who choose to kneel at games during the national anthem.
The 41-year-old New Orleans Saints quarterback gave an interview to in which he was asked about players kneeling. «I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country,» Brees responded, noting that his two grandfathers who fought for the country during World War II. «That brings me to tears, thinking about all that has been sacrificed.
Not just those in the military, but for that matter, those throughout the civil rights movements of the '60s, and all that has been endured by so many people up until this point.»Taking a knee in protest against the systemic oppression
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