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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- When the NFL owners convene in New York next week and discuss the Adidas Chad Bettis Jersey national anthem controversy that has taken hold of the league, they will be joined by representatives from the players' union.

The league and the NFLPA released a joint statement Wednesday indicating that all parties will be involved when the subject of the national anthem is broached as part of next week's owners meetings.

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On Wednesday, Goodell dismissed a claim made earlier in the day by President Donald Trump on his Twitter account that the commissioner "is finally demanding that all players stand" for the anthem. Goodell re-emphasized to NFL Network that "there has been no policy change" regarding players standing during the anthem.

"What we've had is unprecedented dialogue over the last year with our players, our owners, with community leaders and law enforcement," Goodell told NFL Network. "What we plan to do is have a very in-depth discussion with the players and owners next week to make sure we truly understand the issues and also understand the approach we want to take together with the players to address these Earnest Byner Youth jersey issues in our communities.

"The real dialogue and the real issues have been overtaken by the controversy. What we want to do is get back to focusing on the actions that we want to take to really improve our communities and support our players to get things done.''

Trump, in an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, said he felt Authentic Nikita Kucherov Jersey players wouldn't have continued kneeling during the anthem if the NFL had suspended then-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick last season, when Kaepernick first began kneeling in protest of racial oppression and inequality.

"I watched Colin Kaepernick and I thought it was terrible,'' Trump told Fox News. "And then it got bigger and bigger and started mushrooming. And frankly, the NFL should have suspended him for one game and he would have never done it again. They could have then suspended him for two games and they could have suspended him again if he did it a third time, for the season, and you would never have had a problem."

Trump concluded: "You cannot disrespect our country, our flag, our anthem. You Victor Hedman Jersey cannot do that."

Earlier this week, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross let their teams know that they will be expected to stand during the anthem.

Players across the league have responded strongly this week to potentially being forced to stand.

Denver Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib said he'll stand for the anthem regardless of what comes out of next week's meeting.

"I stand anyway," he said. "Taking a knee and all that, that's not going to solve the problem in my eyes. There definitely is a problem out there, but taking a knee and all that -- I stand for people who go to war for us, man. Trump may take us to war again, and those guys are going to go to war for us again, so that's why I'm standing. I appreciate everything those guys do."

Talib, a team captain, was one of the 32 Broncos players who took a knee during the national anthem before the team's Sept. 24 game against the Buffalo Bills. The Broncos players later met, in the days following the game in Buffalo, and chose to announce they would stand as a group for the anthem.

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