Do you truly not comprehend the distinction between compelling and suggesting? The president is suggesting to the NFL that it reexamine its current stance on allowing the players to disrespect the unifying symbols of our republic, it's flag and its anthem. Given that the collectivists are apoplectic about the powerful message of displaying a Confederate flag, so powerful it must be banned, one has to wonder why they struggle so mightily with understanding why the disrespect shown to the symbols of the republic is similarly repugnant.