Nobody is going to issue a statement that they can’t do anything about it. That’s the worst of both worlds. If they did that then the people angry about the kneeling will still be angry because aren’t stopping it, and the people who support it will now be angry because the owners have said they’re against it. Ignoring it and hoping it goes away (which it mostly did, twice) was really they’re only path.
“If they did that then the people angry about the kneeling will still be angry because aren’t stopping it”
I don’t think so. Many people would understand why they weren’t stopping it.
Taking a side would have been better. As it is, both sides hate them.