>and the NFL's stance of blacklisting and penalizing prominent players won. We don't know what would have been the result if the NFL had simply ignored the who

>and the NFL's stance of blacklisting and penalizing prominent players won. We don't know what would have been the result if the NFL had simply ignored the whole thing and let the players peacefully protest. A lot of effort was put forth by the NFL and the president to get people angry about that before they shut it down. Maybe don't do that.