The owners are terrified of a player’s strike & the possibility of a “strike/slowdown” of its black employees.
They’re convinced the “visuals” of a “black employee protest” and the subsequent labeling of “racist” by the media will wreck them. White fans who don’t understand the owners “patience” can either go pound sand, we (the owners) will do fine without you (You’re racists anyway!) our business will rely on a core group who have to get their “pro football fix”, minority fans, and to a increasing extent foreign fans. (And you thought the games in London, Munich & Mexico were just for good will!). So they’ll make their billions by rely on money spent by football addicts, minorities, & foreigners. The rest of you all in rural/semirural American can go take opioids for entertainment!
I agree with your analysis—the owners need to choose between their politicized black players and their politicized white fans.
Let’s get ready to rumble!