Ok...... I'm sure you'd quickly dismiss Drew Brees or Alvin Kamara even after they assure you as to the reason they are kneeling. After your 0 - 16 season, I'm sure you'd reconsider. It is amazing how much we'd accept to protect the 2nd Amendment, but will quickly strip the 1st Amendment when we don't agree with a portion of it. Did those "fine people" in Charlottesville have a right to protest there? Should the government have prevented their demonstrations?
The NFL is a private business unlike the government of Charlottesville. A private business gets to dictate what their employees do on company time. You're trying to compare apples and mangos.