It's one thing not to stand during the National Anthem but it is whole other thing to raise the BLACK POWER FIST in the air during it... It would be the same as a white player holding up the Heil Hitler Hand Sign (White Power) during the National Anthem. For the NFL to DO NOTHING about the BLACK POWER FISTS BEING RAISED is beyond me!
One of the great mysteries surrounding the controversy over San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's decision to sit (or kneel) through the National Anthem at the beginning of his team's games (while wearing socks during practices depicting police as pigs) has been the National Football League's nonchalant response.
Perhaps the league thought that the matter would blow over in a week or two if it indulged Kaepernick, which it certainly did with its "it's his right" response, accompanied by no visible reminder that his actions and the actions of other players have the potential to damage the league's standing, reputation and popularity. The league also must have thought that Kaepernick's protest wouldn't be imitated by other players. This was a major miscalculation, and it's showing signs of hurting the league where it really counts — in the pocketbook.
The league's ratings for the first week of the regular season are in. They were down significantly, virtually across the board.
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