Why doesn’t the nfl fire players who kneel even though the fans hate it, and that looses them money?

Question

You do something at any company that costs them millions your going to get fired, why should they be different

Pearl · Accepted Answer

cause they didnt really do anything that bad

Eddie · Answer

Because if you kneel you can hurt your knees.

anonymous · Answer

because they are good players in terms of the performance during the games.

Gilgamesh King of Heros · Answer

there arent even as many people doing it as there were 2 years ago.......

StephenWeinstein · Answer

Because they aren't working for the NFL.  It isn't their employer.  The players are hired by the individual teams, not by the NFL, and the teams don't want to fire them because that would cost them more money (they lose more fans when they can't win games).

Summertime · Answer

Because they have a right to protest. They don't do it on the field. Trump did start this. Just like he stirs up hate in this country.

Anonymous · Answer

I support the kneelers , I support the nfl , trump can go to hell .

oikoσ · Answer

No; SOME fans hate it, the ones who believe anything that Trump says. If he hadn't stuck his big nose into the matter, it would have blown over in short order. Real NFL fans don't give a crap about the players' politics.

hamel5 · Answer

First of all, there aren't that many players kneeling.  Second, there's no evidence that it's losing the NFL any money at all.   Third -  When the NFL and Trump got  all "patriotic" and threatened the players -  there were more players kneeling the next week.    
oh yeah -  NFL teams care more about winning than almost anything else - so, they;re not going to fire a  talented player because takes a knee while facing the flag.

TB12 · Answer

The NFL doesn't hire players, the teams do,

Why doesn’t the nfl fire players who kneel even though the fans hate it, and that looses them money?

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