Respectfully, Krista, this piece falls flat.  "Football players have a right to kneel during the national anthem in protest of President Trump’s disparaging comments and the bigger issue of racial inequality, but they are sabotaging their message by presenting it in such a way that it can’t be heard."  If you would have led with this I could have stopped reading after the first sentence.

More of the "not on my time" garbage being offered up by nationalist, as if there is ever a time or place or method of protest that would those offended actually care about the reasons behind the protest in the first place.