Seesh, you really don't know which came first do you, bad players or Trumps rebuttal?
Not in cahoots, but in reaction. Week 1 10 players across the entire league knelt. 10 out of almost 1700. Then Trump called them a bunch of SOBs and basically then entire league knelt. Last week 3 players in the entire league, this week about the same. And here comes Trump making another stink.
I know a ginned up fake issue when I see it. And this has been a non-issue for over a year, except when somebody wants it to be an issue for no good reason.