What the NFL doesn't understand is that people have had enough. They will not settle for anything less than 100% participation of every player standing erect and still for the anthem. No kneeling, no locking arms, no stretching, no nonsense.
The league doesn't have the smarts to enforce its own rules and the players don't have the brains to get back in line, play the game, and cash the checks. The league will start to bleed cash and the game will never be what it once was.
During the anthem, Carolina Panthers’ Julius Peppers stood by the team bench while the rest of his team stood, hand over heart.
Traitorous pig.
Over 70% of the NFL is comprised of black males. Over 95% of the defense players in the NFL are black males.
The owners are terrified of having to stand up to their own players, because they don't want to be called "racists." Trump knows this. He tweeted the owners are afraid of their players.
Most of the players are really stupid and will be making less than $15 per hour flipping burgers unless they live in Seattle.
We have already seen ‘peak NFL’.
The worm has turned.
Proud Americans no longer can partake of the NFL without feeling like traitors.
Checkmate.