This is about the small market and losing tradition over the years, the protest ramifications were loose shingles compared to the damage caused by the hurricane of picking in the top ten for 5 years in a row.

This protest has so little to do with the actual act of the protest, I'm not sure why people are missing the fact that all this stuff happened last year and was just a minor bullet point on the list of news quickly fading into the background, however, when the president out of left field a year later throws down a gauntlet and calls the players [BLEEP]'s, it was no longer about the protest it was about the friction and antipathy that exist in America between two sides. Its a fight that needs little ignition to start and the president was more than willing to light the match in a way that was probably perceived by most players as very insulting.

You have to ask why some people get so enraged, claiming a disrespect of the military when many military people even on this board aren't so viscerally affected? Its because this isn't about the protest, this is about an outlet of anger and grievances that exist in our society between people who live in two different Americas. Most likely the same people angry saw "those people" as un American even before or at least had questions about their Americaness. There's a resentment that boils to the surface on these things. Players only started protesting in number after they were called [BLEEP]'s, so was it directly about injustice or was it more about a president who they don't like? I'd like to see a Ven diagram of the people who are pissed about the protests and people who are cool with the confederate flag.

Khan is on the ball this has to do with the fact that Trump couldn't join the club. He was rebuffed twice. Khan obviously isn't afraid to speak his mind and risk losing money in the short term because of it. I hope he continues to make a point about how Trump was denied a franchise multiple times, there's really no retort, and it might help this issue to blow over, which everyone wants. Khan really is in a strong position if you think about it. If he become the owner that took on Trump, that will sell well with the players, because I'm guessing the president isn't popular with the rank and file NFL player. If the local JAX community starts to pull away, he can then use it as a justification to move the team to London, and I'm guessing being anti Trump will go over well very well in London. The local loyal fans will unfortunately be collateral damage in this.

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