In the name of freedom of speech, speaking truth to power, taking a stand for what's right, and showing tremendous moral courage, I would love to see players and coaches kneel during the Black National Anthem. What's good for the goose is good for the gander...right, liberals? And kneelers need not be whites only, blacks are welcome to join in the kneeling and say stuff like "we all bleed red", "we're all members of the human race," etc.
All that aside, I'm pragmatic enough to know that the owners of the league will never allow that to happen (and guaranteed, there are some players who would want to kneel for the black anthem). But it's a certainty that everybody on the field, player and coach alike, will be told in no uncertain terms by their masters that kneeling will not be tolerated during the black anthem, and anyone who even thinks about doing so will be fired and blacklisted for life. Meanwhile, if they're still on board with the current plan, kneeling will be mandatory during the real National Anthem. I imagine Oceania had a similar policy for their sports leagues. Worship of Big Brother, Two Minutes Hate for the "enemy." Do we need anything more to recognize what a farce the NFL has become?
We are living in literal Orwellian times, and that's not even an exaggeration. Anti-lockdown protests must be banned because COVID-19 trumps right to protest. George Floyd protests are okay because right to protest trumps COVID-19. Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia. And then there was that utterly retarded journalistic tripe (nothing personal, Josh*) from the Colorado Sun unironically claiming that the Antifa riots, mobs of thousands gathering in close proximity, not only did not spread the virus, but somehow magically lowered the COVID-19 rate. War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, disease is health.
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. There's a reason so many people are following Tucker Carlson now. He is a revolutionary simply for speaking the truth.
*For the record, I seriously doubt that this "Josh" character actually works for USA Today; my guess is that he's an unemployed "writer" who thinks he can get his big break by "exposing" the "mean, horrible racists." Aside from the hyper-saturated market of thousands of desperate liberal douchebags trying to do the exact same thing on other sites, the main problem with that is we're not the Great White Villain they fantasize about. We're just regular White people who want to live our lives in peace without being harassed, threatened, or deplatformed by Antifa.