[Enchante]

NFL should have put a stop to this crap the first time it started last year.

There is absolutely no “right” to utilize one’s employment, uniform, etc. to conduct personal political protests.

You want to protest? Do it on your own time, your own dime.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

#5: "NFL should have put a stop to this crap"

For one thing, the NFL is a brand. The 49ers is a brand. These actions disparage the brand and make it less marketable, and ultimately hurt the bottom line.

Imagine Skippy Peanut Butter or Cracker Jacks or any other famous brand putting up with one of its team hurting the brand's image. The offender would be gone in one quick jiffy.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Roger Goodell would certainly give Mitch McConnell a run for his money in a spine-bending contest.

[peeps36]

The league controls everything else including a dress code. I have no doubt what so ever that the league could have stopped this as soon as it happened. It would have been stopped immediately if it was a non liberal cause. I love the game of football but I'm through with the NFL. Let them choke on their ignorance.