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LOVERRO: NFL can solve crisis by taking players out of the patriotism business

You know, the NFL could solve this whole national anthem controversy pretty easily.

I get it’s been good for the NFL, with the Defense Department, which, according to a 2015 Senate oversight report had spent more than $10 million on marketing and advertising with pro sports teams — particularly NFL teams.

And I don’t blame the Defense Department for spending that money. If you are trying to win over the hearts and minds of young men — and women — you, like every other advertiser, want to do business with the NFL.

But it’s become clear now that the juice isn’t worth the squeezing anymore.