IMO, the NFL is playing with fire on this anthem issue. In essence, the employees are engaging in political protests in the workplace. They should be fined, suspended or kicked out of the league. The NFL is an entertainment business. Political protests will most assuredly hurt that business.
If they don’t crack down on this, what will be next? Players coming out on the field with their danglies swinging to protest the killing of Anaconda’s in the Amazon?
This is exactly what happened in the NBA when a similar misfit went through the same charade back in the 1990s.