Quote Originally Posted by roadrunner View Post
NFL should not allow this I know you say it's their freedom of speech however I disagree they are not allowed to use any thing that resembles celebration after a touch down because it will offend people------well this offends me.

In baseball your socks can only be so high your uniform has to match all others you have to have your shirt tucked in you can't argue balls and strikes etc etc etc

They could have a rule you can kneel until they play the national anthem then you will stand face the flag place your hand over your heart and show respect for all those who have served and are now serving to defend your freedoms that allow you to make millions of dollars playing a game.
How Trump has handled it, and how the NFL has handled it are two different conversations.

The simplest solution for the NFL was in the very beginning (when only a handful were protesting, and some players were outspoken against protesting) to have instructed each team to keep all players in the tunnel's until after the anthem. It would have simply neutered their ability to "protest" anything during the game.

Trump foolishly cursing out the handful of players who were kneeling resulted in a much larger spotlight on the situation. He basically threw gasoline on the fire and as a result has dramatically escalated the entire situation, solidified the players (even many of those that were previously against it have become supporters of their piers & teammates right to protest in response to Trump) and because of his words it has now put the owners in a much harder position and making it almost impossible for the the owners to do something without it becoming an even bigger story and alienating most of their players.