Art, my goodness..."Trump deployed a wedge issue"...that caused all this fray.  Oh, also the Russians are interfering!  (Where have I heard THAT before?) Joe C, you are absolutely correct that Colin Kaepernick and Bennett began all this mess. Kaepernick's pig socks helped clarify his message, didn't it?  Cantoperate, your comments are right on as usual!  Even Charles Barkley recently made a comment  during an interview that "maybe the players should go make a difference themselves in the communities instead of 'wasting their time kneeling'."  Instead of taking their disrespectful approach to their cause on the football field, how insightful that perhaps they should be going out into the COMMUNITIES!  The football fans have come to see their teams PLAY FOOTBALL, not disrespect our nation, flag and the fans.  Carroll refers to the players' "unified protest".  That field is a WORK PLACE. The players should perform the work they are paid to do and protest elsewhere!