Ever since former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee to police , his has taken like wildfire. People who support his cause have joined him, kneeling during the national anthem, to raise awareness around the issue.
But those who feel patriotic about the flag and who have pride in the United States military are not happy about this form of because they feel it is an insult to America.
The football team from Monroe High School decided to take part in Kaepernick’s . Many of the players took a knee during the playing of the national anthem before the game. But as soon as the players dropped down during the Star-Spangled Banner, the game’s two referees knew they needed to participate in their own form of . According to them, they were unwilling to sit by and watch the high schoolers America like that. So they walked off the field and quit.
New Jersey football officials left the field when they watched players take a knee during the pregame ceremony. The referees to stage the counter-were 54-year-old Ernie Lunardelli and 27-year-old Anthony Lunardelli.