The NFL is a business, and just like other thriving businesses, their management made some bad decisions. For whatever reason, they attempted to placate a small minority and did not factor in the reaction of their paying customers. They have gotten themselves into a hole with no good or easy way out. Gimmicks such as the one by the Steelers on Sunday or the Cowboys on Monday Night will only serve to make the situation worse. They will thrash about for the remainder of this season with everyone pushing their own agenda and pointing fingers at everyone else, but the real businessmen among the owners know the glory days are over. Some of us hard core fans (Cowboys since their inception in 1960) will stick around but it will never be the same.
I said it on another thread and I’ll repeat it. Now is the time to plan a mass boycott of the NFL’s precious Super Bowl and its sponsors. Plan patriotic, family oriented activities for Sunday, February 4, 2018 instead. Call it Anthem day.