Professional athletes aren't seen as real human beings and from the looks of the talk about Colin Kaepernick's protest it's very evident. Fans will tell you that they want to watch their favorite teams play or the reporters/anchors debate on who's better or what needs to be done for a certain organization to thrive in success. They don't want to hear about politics in sports. That's understandable but you have to understand that these players are going to be affected by the circumstance afterwards! No one wants to hear about African Americans being treated unequally and that's the cold hard truth and deep down people know it. Everyone talks about how it's disrespecting the flag and our troops but are we not suppose to lay the flag flat? Where is the anger and disrespect there? Standing for the anthem didn't exist in sports until the military paid the organization for it as a recruiting mechanism. Hmmm, the angry fans fake patriotism is showing righ