Benjamin Watson: I Was Angry When Trump Called NFL Players SOBs and that They Needed To Be Fired

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WATSON: "Personally, I was ultimately offended. It made me very upset for him to number 1, call a player an sob. Said they need to be fired for exercising their constitutional rights. I was upset. I was angry. I felt hurt. I felt like it was pushing us back to a time and even a time now where as athletes we're told to shut up and play and perform as if we don’t pay taxes, we’re not fathers, we don’t care about our country. That’s what it felt like to me: The NFL understands that. The NFL has stated that they want to support players. At the same time, they want to respect fans as well. What I want fans to know is that guys in the league, we respect them, we respect their opinion. Needs to be empathy on both sides, needs to be respect. The name-calling back and forth does us no good and gets us nowhere."