As protests by N.F.L. players during the national anthem seem to have settled down, the grievance case against the league by the man who started it all, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, is proceeding.
You may not have heard much about it lately because it is transpiring behind closed doors. And it is unlike any legal proceeding you might have seen before, not really a trial but with elements of one.
The rules on how the investigation is conducted and by whom — and all the quirks of what evidence is allowed — are detailed in the byzantine labor agreement between the league and players.