Got to know your limitations and you have to know who the customer is.  Without the fans the superstars do not have squat and the team does not have moola on TV and Tickets, and Beer, and Parking and expensive stuff.  The customer comes first and the players risk pissing off over 50% of the base and the TEAM did by supporting the multi million $$ players.  Look I love our flag and did anyone notice the irony of protesting in "England" the Anthem --historical suicide?--historically they should have sung God Save The Queen and joined hands and had some snuff and a pint.  Being a Free Market dude I think the Teams and the players and the NFL are peeing in their own soup and wondering why it tastes  so salty. So No whining when this catches up with them in the wallet.