Originally posted on 10/18/2017:

Quote Originally Posted by The Kraken View Post
NFL basically giving Trump the middle finger here

Trump looks like a moron

NFL is a business and they only care about this as much as it affects the bottom line, but they also have to be careful not to piss off their workers or they'll get revolt there. Trump thought he was important, interjected and the NFL came back today and said if players want to kneel they can

Only people mad about this are Trump supporters
and there lies the problem. Football fans are mostly conservative or minimum pro standing. Kaepernick supporters spend most of the day social justice warrioring and aren’t watching the nfl anyway. So you have mostly liberal player base vs a mostly conservative fan base. freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom of consequences. I can’t end a phone call at work by saying “abortion is murder”. The players can protest away if they are ok with declining interest and less money.

The NFL hasn’t done anything up to this date. They’re probably better off doing nothing and hope the product is good enough to overcome the drama. Look at Chic Fil A. Nobody cares about their political stances if their chicken sandwich is good enough. Problem with the nfl now is that the product is mostly shitty.