The NFL didn’t grow into a behemoth by ignoring societal and business trends. This is why based on the latest polling, it isn’t surprising the league appears to be embracing pregame political protests after years of trying to scrub Colin Kaepernick from its memory.
Fifty-two percent of people said it was “OK” for “NFL players to kneel during the national anthem to protest police killings of African-Americans” according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll conducted June 9-10. A total of 1,564 people were surveyed.
Thirty-six percent said it wasn’t OK and 12 percent weren’t sure.