NFL Has Cheapened the Anthem Protests

Yes, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones kneeled with his team Monday, but he did so before the national anthem played. It was a "useless" gesture, writes Tom Ley at Deadspin, and the look of "self-satisfaction" on Jones' face tells you all you need to know about what's unfolding right now. The NFL, led by Roger Goodell, is cheapening what had been a very real, and necessarily divisive, protest begun by Colin Kaepernick over how police treat African-Americans. 

Now, the league is going "to scrub this Trump vs. Sports mess until all that's left is a shiny, useless bauble." The media is playing along: Consider that Goodell, not Kaepernick, is on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

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