Chapter 456

“Your husband played with a lot of the men on the DC Spartans last year. Some of them have stated their intention to kneel during the anthem,” pointed out a cable news reporter. “How will you and your company handle a situation like that?”

“Preemptively when possible,” responded Gwen.

“What does that mean?” asked the same reporter.

“Please allow me to respond, Madam President?” asked Steve politely, before continuing once Gwen nodded. “We will not knowingly retain a player on the team who will not stand for the anthem. No player will remain seated or kneel more than once for the anthem. There will be no second chances. This policy has been reiterated to all of our employees in a memo they should have received earlier today.”

“You could lose some of your best players!” protested a sports reporter from the back of the room.

“A man that doesn’t respect the sacrifices our men and women in uniform have made over the years is not considered valuable to our te