president trump has hammered the issue repeatedly on twitter and said this about the protests last year. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a bitch off the field right now? out. he's fired. >> the nfl players' association issued a statement saying it was not consulted and it will challenge any aspect of the new pal see that's inconsistent with the collective bargaining agreement. joining us now to talk about this is mark thompson the host of make it plain on sirius xm progress 127. mark, first of all it's great to see you. >> good to see you. thank you. >> is this essentially the nfl caving to the president? or is this more of a business decision? >> well, i think it is caving to the president. kraft had said in the audio that was revealed i think a couple of months ago i think in the secret meetings he didn't want to give his friend donald trump fodder.