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Philadelphia Eagles rookie linebacker Myke Tavarres has reversed course and will now stand for the national anthem Thursday, after earlier saying he would sit it out in protest.He plans on standing for the National Anthem, Tavarres agent, Corey Williams, said in a statement Monday. Myke does not want to be a distraction to the Philadelphia Eagles organization. Mykes goal is and will always be to make the Eagles 53-man roster and help the team win a Super Bowl.Asked whether he advised Tavarres to change his stance, Williams replied: Yes, I did.In a statement released through Williams on Monday, Tavarres said: I want to apologize for the distraction Ive become to all of Eagle Nation. I feel passionate about racial issues going on in our country, and I thought that sitting during the National Anthem would bring more awareness to this issue and encourage more constructive discussion to find solutions, but I feel I only made things worse. I want to make change in this world, but sitting down during the national anthem just isnt the best way to do it. With that being said, I do plan on finding a better way. Im young, and I still have a lot to learn about saying and doing the right thing. For now, I will stay focused on football, but I will definitely look for opportunities to do what I can to prevent injustices. I am so blessed to be an American, and I just feel a responsibility to do what I can to make things better.Speaking to ESPN on Monday, Tavarres said he almost sat during the anthem ceremony preceding Saturday nights game against the Colts?in Indianapolis, and he had planned to follow through when the Eagles host the New York Jets in their preseason finale Thursday night.Oh, I thought about it. Believe me, I definitely thought about it, Tavarres said of sitting Saturday night. And usually, Im front and center on the line with the rest of the guys, and thats since pre-K all the way up. Saturdays game, I stepped back, I was in the background, and it didnt feel right to me at all, and so I will be taking a stand -- or sitting down -- for the fourth game.San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has created a national conversation by opting to not stand for The Star Spangled Banner this preseason because of his views on the countrys treatment of racial minorities.Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz had an open forum on the topic during a group meeting Monday, according to multiple players. Several people spoke, including Malcolm Jenkins, Leodis McKelvin and Tavarres, one source in attendance said.Weve got an issue in this country in this day and age, and I feel like somebody needs to step up, and we all need to step up, Tavarres said. Weve got that right. Theres just a lot going on that people dont want to talk about, and I feel like us as athletes, were looked at as role models. And I feel like with Colin Kaepernick, hes doing a great job for standing up in what he believes in, and most people may not like that, but thats his opinion, hes entitled to it, and I respect him for doing it.Tavarres is an undrafted rookie out of Incarnate Word. He made the first round of cuts, after the Eagles recently trimmed their roster to 74 players, and is trying to make the team to contribute mainly on special teams. Cheap Vikings Jerseys Authentic . "No difference at all," chirped U.S. roommate and linemate James van Riemsdyk. "Its still the same cranky Phil. Cheap Vikings Jerseys . Klitschkos management company says the bout will be the Ukrainian fighters 25th world championship fight. The 1.83-meter (6-foot) Leapai defeated the previously unbeaten Denis Boytsov in November to become the WBOs mandatory challenger. http://www.cheapvikingsjerseyselite.com/ . A forerunning sled crashed into the worker Thursday at the Sanki Sliding Center. 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Such is Rosbergs current lead in the title race, that he can afford to finish second to Hamilton at all four of the remaining races and still be crowned champion at the final round in Abu Dhabi.Thirty-three points is a lot, Wolff said. But you can see in Malaysia how quickly it can change. Youre in the lead and the other guy wins and all of a sudden its 25 points lost and then its down to eight.This is still a mechanical sport and the way Nico attacks the championship by looking at each weekend as a single event has proven to be the right strategy for him, but equally Lewis functions best when he is under pressure and when he has a target. I have no doubt that this will be an intense fight until the end. That is far from over.There are four weekends to go, Lewis is going to regroup, weve seen it before. Remember when Nico won eight races in a row and then Lewis had that winning streak? Hes very strong and he needs the enemy -- sometimes more than one -- and thats how he functions. Again, I think its going to go down to the end.Hamilton arrived at the Japanese Grand Prix in the media spotlight after he came to Suzuka just one week after his engine failure in Malaysia. In the absence of a standout quote in his Thursday press conference, much of the media focused on the amount of time he spent using the Snapchat aapp on his phone during the session.ddddddddddddHamilton felt some of the media reaction had been disrespectful and on Saturday night told the written press he was not willing to answer their questions before wishing them a good weekend and walking out of his usual press conference.Asked whether the events of the weekend may have affected Hamiltons concentration on track and led to his poor start, Wolff said: Lewis in Malaysia he was really on a roll, dominating the weekend then obviously we let him down with an engine failure, and that was an easy one for him to bring home.During the week he was OK, then all of these things around the press conferences, yesterday -- whether it affects him or not, I dont think so, because it is just not his priority I guess. I wouldnt put it down to that that his start didnt go well ... because the racing was great after that, how he recovered was really exceptional.Hamilton shared a private jet home with Wolff and Mercedes chairman Niki Lauda, but speaking before their departure Wolff said he had no plans to address the events of the weekend with his driver.I think just after the race is not the right moment to really put the finger where it hurts we need to calm down and find out what happened, regroup, and my learning from the last couple of years is that 24 hours later things look completely different than they appear an hour after the race.So our main emphasis will be building him up and just enjoying the ride home. We have 10 days its not such a rush like last week, and hes going to come back strong in Austin. ' ' '