[Jim Noble]

The relationship between white football fans and the segment of FBS and NFL players that come out of thug culture is complicated.

It’s also fragile.

There’s a lot at stake in this Kapernick business - a lot like billions of dollars. And if the CTE story develops as I believe it will, the need for thug recruitment is going to accelerate, because white athletes interest in the game is going to fall.

[Stentor]

It’s also fragile.

That's a great point and a subtlety sports commentators will never get.

[grania]

Blacks are approximately 15% of the population. They aren't all descendants of slaves. There's significant immigration from Africa and the Caribbean. Not all of even the descendants of slaves agree with BLM radicals. What's my point? Is the NFL going to succumb to the thuggish demands of a small percentage of their fan base? Probably, and that'll speed up the NFL's downward slide.

I see this as a problem of clueless management. The Kaepernik kneel-down was while he was an employee. It was just wrong to not insist on a standard of behavior while players are on the field as part of the team.