The NFL is learning the lesson the hard way that appeasement does not work. It is basically a monopoly that lays down stringent rules on even the most minuscule details such as how players can celebrate after TDs (amended this season).
Yet in the name of political correctness, they let one malcontent loser in Colin Kaepernick create a hateful social movement within its ranks that has alienated many of its fans. Guess what, league, conservatives watch more football than pajama boy liberals.
If they laid down the law from the beginning - players will rise for the anthem or risk fines and suspension - they might have gotten flak from the social justice warriors but that’ll have dissipated soon enough.
Instead they tried to appease and that never ever ends well.
Remember the baseball strike 94-95?? That’s where this NFL BS is headed. Owners will let players get away with their crap, fans will stop watching — next thing ya know, TV contracts go bust, stadiums are only half full....fans are tired of millionaire players shit. I’m a Saints fan. So far no Saints player is doing anything stupid on the sidelines during the Anthem. If one does, I’m out, done, screw NFL football It took years and years for baseball to recover. The Expos never did and ended up in DC....