Find a better way

It's a shame when football players who live in a country where they have the ability to earn millions of dollars can't at least pretend to show a little pride in singing their national anthem. Maybe they should spend summer break in a Third World environment. It is truly distasteful to know that the paycheck they receive is because they live in a country where it's possible. It is possible to protest without slapping the face of the country that allows so many freedoms. Stop their pay, freeze the pay, fire them. Grow up, guys. Find a better way. I have been reading about team hazing, which is a horrid thing. I find this lack of pride to be a tiny speck at hazing the country that feeds them.

Cynthia Armstrong

Arlington Heights