Do the NFL/professional athletes sitting & kneeling during the National Anthem bother you?

Yes, we all have the freedom to do pretty much whatever we want within reason. But as they are representatives of an organization whether it be the NFL as a whole or their individual teams, they should act accordingly. Everyone is free to have their own platform and if they have a message to spread, then they should use their own personal platform to spread their message. They are role models after all and should act like it.

Politics and personal choice/opinion should not be in the workforce(no matter how much you get paid)..it also goes with religion. Also with whatever you do in the bedroom..of course you're going to stir up a shitst@rm whenever you speak out or demonstrate your political choices or other extremely personal choices. Deal with the repercussions of your choices and actions; just because you exercise your Freedom of Speech and all related to it, does not necessarily protect you from public fallouts.

Not at all. I stopped watching professional sports years ago so I don't care what they do.

While freedom of speech is a cornerstone of this country, when you are on a team or part of an organization, your behavior and speech must be in line with the team/organization you are representing. This is not the time for you to push your personal feelings, beliefs, and opinions.

Re contracts that prohibit, what if conflict with constitutional right?

Non-violence, non-discrimination, non-hate,... Other forms of "non" free speech?

Everyone here is a Veteran. We all know that any of us would willingly give our lives to defend it. I recognize it is their right to protest but I still think it's wrong. Though it hasn't always been the case, today's military is colorblind. They teach you to judge a man by the content of his heart, not the color of his skin. All of us have experienced a level of brotherhood with people across virtually every ethnic background on this earth. In some cases, we are closer to these men than our own siblings. There are better ways to protest racial injustice suffered by minorities at the hands of law enforcement than disrespecting the flag.

Patriotism is not forcing people to show respect to your flag. Instead, the country should endeavor to be worthy of respect, via its actions, laws and policies, so that people WANT to render honors.

I fought for their right to express themselves. Them not standing is their right (i dont agree) I know their kneeling is not in protest of our flag but something else so i'm not offended.

I spent a weekend looking up the criminal background of football players and at this point I'm asking if it is ethical to watch football. I like to think of things in terms of dollar-votes. And yeah I know people are messed up all over and I get it, but it sends a message when teams overlook criminal charges and sign people...it sends a message.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm all for a degree of live and let live and I'm not going to say that we should damn someone over a traffic ticket but on the other hand I do think a felony conviction should disqualify players from playing.

And now that that is said, when I see players kneeling and I spend some time googling their info and finding out how many of them have been brought up on drug,sex, weapon, assault charges and the like...quite frankly I am unimpressed by their statement.