"Trump kind of threw sports into the middle of it," Simmonds said. "Some try to use sports as an escape from politics, but we're role models, too, and everybody's trying to do the right thing. Like I said, it's not to be disrespectful to the flag, it's not to be disrespectful to the anthem. People are taking it out of context and saying it's disrespectful to the men and women of the armed forces, which it's definitely no slight on them because without them, we would have no freedom. They fight for our First Amendment, and it all goes hand and hand."