These guys have 163 hours per week where they can do anything they like. They are free to protest, speak out, or take part in any political activity they like.
They chose to force it into the game. They are going to pay a very heavy price.
These NFL teams are going to learn a tough lesson. Letting your black players establish your team’s public image is like taking a Zimbabwe grain farm away from its owner and giving it to his workers. Within one growing season the entire place is out of business.