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Karre and dave hoppe. let's go through this one at a time. mary anne, we'll bring you in as well. i've heard from so many teams but i thought this was rather the exception than the rule. when the cincinnati bengals, a team i grew up with put out this statement. football and politics don't mix easily. fans come to na*fl games to watch competition on the playing field. they stood arms locked on the field. no one took a knee. david. where are you on this? >> well, this is a sad situation in that politics has gotten into everything and gotten into this as well. and i think one of the things we hav...

>> bill: he has a right to his opinion. you aren't taking free speech away from him, are you? >> no, he has a right like all of us do. but in this case he is trying to distract everybody from the mueller investigation and putting the focus on -- >> bill: all right, that's a debate for another day. let's keep it in the right lane. >> that's the lane. >> bill: opinion piece today. everybody loses, all right? the losers are the millions of americans who would rather cheer for their team on sunday. encourage everybody to read it in the "wall street journal." they went to all sides of the issue. da...

Like he is respecting their right to take a knee, what do the players on the pittsburgh steelers say to this veteran who served in afghanistan as a member of the u.s. army rangers? >> he served three tours and just like his teammates had the right to stay in the locker room, he had the right to go out, stand there and put his hand on his heart. that's the thing no one can legislate either roger godell. as a patriots fan i can say how pitiful he is. no sports owner can change that as an american citizen you also have your rights. before you join the nfl and while you're in the nfl. >> bill: sho...

You can wear your socks. major league baseball you are told whether or not you as a grown man can wear a mustache. there are rules for everything because you are employed by that team. in this case in the nfl they did not take a position a year ago and now it's gone to the point where it has. fearless prediction. if it starts hurting you in the pocketbook these owners will ride the commissioner and develop a policy because as of now, there is none. david, go ahead. >> i think -- i don't think the nfl has done very well with this. this started if you want to look at the beginning of this, this ...