"What's wrong with that?"

Nothing at all is wrong with that. If ESPN, NFL, et al. feel the need to implode their white guy safe space and destroy their own finances in the process, well, it's a free country. I'm good with it. It will also serve to pull some of these people out of the la-la land they live in and face the reality of the hate filled grievance mongers they're surrounded by and have been studiously ignoring all their lives. I see that as a big win. So yes, please continue; fill every game and all the space in between with lectures and --- most importantly --- continue pretending the collapse of NFL revenue has nothing to do with it.

Some have argued that this is really about cord cutting and nothing to do with the intrusion of political controversy. That is badly naive. Watch a Trump rally some time. Call it cultural interest or whatever. Note the thousands of people yelling "CNN sucks! CNN sucks! CNN sucks!" No, it's not really about the Cable News Network specifically; they have the entire MSM in mind, including Hollywood, all cable news and --- now --- professional sports, the only remaining reason they had to justify their $100+/month cable bill. It's exactly the same demographic; some are just a bit ahead of the curve.

The rest will follow.

What is it you want?

NFL players aren't the audience. The general public is, and at least 40% of the public doesn't think Trump is a racist.

> at least 40%

40% is a polling number of likely Trump voters which means about 16% of the U.S. population will vote for him and some of them maybe think Trump is a racist.

'for whatever reason'

I think his numerous, recurring, overtly and thinly veiled racist remarks may play a role.

> 70% of NFL players are African Americans

Showing that Kaepernick is a dumbass and a hypocrite. [1] And that's what parent meant. It's a play to get extra 15 minutes of fame that modern media provides, because it has an extra narrative for this kind of content.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGueTYN-Ve8

That video and your post are so awful. Is this the kind of discourse we want on hacker news?

So black people are not oppressed in America because some are allowed to play football? Not convincing.

And here's a great example of what I talked about - if black people aren't supporting the right political candidate, the news isn't interesting enough to spread it : https://youtu.be/cJV41gS2c8M

Imagine if that were white Trump supporters, media would be trembling from justice calls.

Thanks for your arguments, compared to this "awful video" which actually provided some. Your post is a showcase of how easy it's rather to jump on the shaming bandwagon the modern media is enforcing through its echo chamber instead of viewing specific cases separately, with clear head and actual data.

So black people are oppressed in America because not all of them play football?

This is the flip-side of your logic coin. See how that works? Is this the kind of discourse we want on hacker news?