Yea, they should be able to sit in the locker room while other spit on our flag, our Vets and our nation. NOT!
You don't get to be neutral on an issue like this.
You don't get to define the terms.
The players did not take a knee *during* the anthem. They did it before. As long as they stood with respect to the flag during the 90 seconds or so they played the song, then they've done what's required of them. For the other three hours, they can act like jerks and thugs and it only reflects on their team, not on the flag.
Go back to Kaepernick himself that started this whole thing. He never said that he meant to disrespect the flag or our troops. He even topped it off by saying he thought Hillary Clinton should be in jail but, of course, the media didn't mention that part.
He wanted to draw attention to police violence. OK, so noted. He's pretty much thrown away his career for being an idiot. Why certain players want to continue this little tantrum, I don't know but the Cowboys handled it pretty well.
Kneel - ok we got your point. Stand - ok, now get ours. Then, let's kick off and get the game going. Nobody pays $100 a seat to watch how they handle the anthem. It's ridiculous.