Not nice.  When I lived  in Mississippi in 1967 my mother was fired from her job in a sewing store,  Her big crime?  My mom let a black lady change her baby's diaper in the bathroom.  The manager called the black lady "uppity" and fired my mom on the spot,  The fact is that all of us have rights.  The players can protest and I can watch something else.  If these players really cared, they would be doing what my mom did.  She joined the Civil Rights Movement and became a JFK volunteer.