Former NFL Player Burgess Owens Rips League Over ‘Black National Anthem’ Playing Before NFL Games

On Thursday, former NFL star Burgess Owens ripped into the football league over reports that the NFL will play “Lift Ev’ry Voice And Sing,” dubbed the “Black national anthem,” before all Week 1 games this season.

The retired safety suggested the move was in line with “trying” to “segregate” the nation “again.”