The players took the knee before President Trump's comment. His was a reaction to the disrespect shown to our ĉountries flag. Why did they not go to the perp änd tell him he's shoẃing disrespect. This genie is not going back in the bottle. They säy it took five years for baseball to reĉover from the strike year; that was far less inflamätory than this incident. There is a picture circulating of a man taking  knee at the Tomb ôf the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery during Taps: One of the most sacred moments in the military. Given the compelling information on CTE that the NFL hid; the reliance by many on PED's the league also refuses to fully address; and the persistent spousal abuse and fathering children by other women, the NFL has now got itself in a spiral it might not be able to pull out. Already there is a great deäl of attention now to government subsidies for arenas and teams. One would have to bet the dollar amounts that are now cited will get public attention.