Your post makes an assumption unsupported by fact or available evidence.
I mistyped/posted.
I’m a Steeler fan but had no time for Mendenhall’s nonsense. On the other hand, religion/politics/science views of pro athletes don’t really interest me since their knowledge is usually rather thin. Idiots who refuse to stand for the national anthem etc. should be ostracized not for their lack of patriotism but for their lack of common sense and decorum.
Mendenhall doesn’ think Al Qaeda did 9-11, he doesn’t think planes can take down buildings. He must be one of those 9-11 “truthers” who think Bush and Cheney did it if he isn’t sympathetic to Al Qaeda.