Unnecessary roughness
by Cal Thomas, Tribune Content Agency
Sep 28, 2017
2 minutes
If you like professional sports, a major reason -- perhaps THE reason -- you attend games, or watch them on TV, is that it helps you escape from whatever occupies your mind the rest of the week. You certainly don't want the issues of the day encroaching on your enjoyment.
The recent exchange of insults between President Trump and some in the National Football League in protest when "The Star Spangled Banner" was played, but stood for the British national anthem, "God Save the Queen." Were they unaware of Britain's slave trade history?
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