Let me see if I understand where we are at the moment. You have a group of NFL players staging a protest during the National Anthem because this Country, in their opinion, has a problem with the way minorities are treated, but instead of getting the problem addressed in any constructive manner, what they have managed to accomplish is nurturing a hated for their own private millionaires club and their form of protest.
Well, that's not quite right. The conclusion is right, but some of the details aren't.
We had a mediocre NFL player who protested against a country, which in his opinion oppresses "people of color". A few people copied him, but mostly it was him. A year later the President of the United States, weighed in on the issue, and NOW we have a group of NFL players staging protests during the national anthem, but they are essentially protesting against the President.