NFL Players Who Kneel During Super Bowl “Will Be Shown Live” Says NBC Executive Producer

By  //  January 10, 2018

“If there are players who choose to kneel, they will be shown live." - NBC Sports executive producer Fred Gaudelli

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(FOX NEWS) – NBC will keep the cameras rolling on any NFL players who choose to kneel during the “The Star-Spangled Banner” when the network airs Super Bowl LII on Feb. 4 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, according to the game’s executive producer.

“When you are covering a live event, you are covering what’s happening,” NBC Sports EP Fred Gaudelli said at a Television Critics Association event on Tuesday.

“If there are players who choose to kneel, they will be shown live,” he said.

The anthem will be aired live and is scheduled to be performed by Pink. Potential protestors will have an opportunity to make a statement in front of a massive audience, as 112.2 million people watched Super Bowl LI last season – the fifth most-watched program in television history.

Gaudelli said the broadcasting team of Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth would probably identify the players, explain the backstory of the polarizing protests “and then get on with the game.”

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