Well, the establishment really doesn't pay much attention to blacks peacefully protesting in other forums. They pay a little lip service and go on with their day, and racist actions being defended by the establishment, cops who kill unarmed black citizens getting acquitted, and guys like Zimmerman getting acquitted and people defending him continue.
So, these football players took it to a forum that would gain a lot of attention, and now you are complaining that your thrilling last lines of the anthem and the cheering are being disturbed. That is the point, riscdeac. To make the establishment pay attention and take away their fun for a few moments to stop and fucking think. Right now, all of you are bitching and moaning about their demonstration because you are triggered snowflakes, and that's ok. This idiot President has given this protest just what it needed.