That’s a very perceptive take - the interesting thing to me will be how the black players react to the reality of the situation - that is, the reality that they’re losing money, and they may end up losing big money.
The league is full of thugs, with an entitlement mentality and an inability to see that ticking off the public eventually affects their pocketbooks. But it also includes a large number of smart individuals who are very insightful, guys with incredible work ethics and solid values. They’ve got to know what’s going on. Whether they decide to push back against the thug element - or even if they actually can - will be intriguing to watch.
One thing I never see mentioned is the potential for the cool players to simply self police the jerk players. Assuming there are cool players that have a problem with this anthem protest stuff. They had to create actual rules and penalties for excessive taunting and swishy celebration dancing. You would think the cool players would have put a stop to it themselves. I think maybe each game is too important to risk drawing penalties in the modern era.
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