i tell her only partly wrote:
The DOJ pays them to make a big deal. It was a small scandal when people found out. Google "DOJ paying NFL" or something along those lines.
Also, I wouldn't say the majority of Americans don't agree with the protests, whoever did say that. Most liberals and a fair amount of conservatives agree, they just aren't as vocal as the right wingers who think this is about the military or something like that.
It is the Defense Department which made the payments to the NFL to put on the "patriotic ceremonies". The practice was banned by the DOD in 2015 and the NFL refunded $700k to the DOD it had previously accepted.