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The American players will undoubtedly be asked at Liberty National about their stance on the issue, and U.S. assistant captain Davis Love III kicked off the week by offering his thoughts, saying Tuesday that “there’s a time to protest, and it really isn’t during the national anthem.”
“I think you’ll see in golf that there’s a little bit more restraint,” he said Tuesday on “Morning Drive”. “We adhere to our rulebook and to our core values and to our traditions, and I think that’s why our sport is so successful. …
“There’s a time for us to protest, and it really isn’t during the national anthem. We ought to take a break during the prayer or during the national anthem to thank our country, to thank our forefathers who went before us. And then we can protest with our votes, with our letters to our congressmen or however we want.
“But I think President Trump is right. There is a time for protest, and it probably isn’t during the national anthem. Our country has fought hard for that right.”
The American players will undoubtedly be asked at Liberty National about their stance on the issue, and U.S. assistant captain Davis Love III kicked off the week by offering his thoughts, saying Tuesday that “there’s a time to protest, and it really isn’t during the national anthem.”
“I think you’ll see in golf that there’s a little bit more restraint,” he said Tuesday on “Morning Drive”. “We adhere to our rulebook and to our core values and to our traditions, and I think that’s why our sport is so successful. …
“There’s a time for us to protest, and it really isn’t during the national anthem. We ought to take a break during the prayer or during the national anthem to thank our country, to thank our forefathers who went before us. And then we can protest with our votes, with our letters to our congressmen or however we want.
“But I think President Trump is right. There is a time for protest, and it probably isn’t during the national anthem. Our country has fought hard for that right.”
