controversial but it woke folks up and created a greater opportunity for those that follow. well smith and carla says silent protest was the inspiration behind the recent take a neat campaign by a n.f.l. players here in america it started when a former san francisco forty nine ers quarterback calling capper nick knelt during the national anthem and he said he was challenging racial injustice and police brutality for president donald trump has repeatedly lashed out against the n.f.l. players who joined the protests in september and twittered here the issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race it s about respect for our country flag a national anthem the n.f.l. must respect this well here in germany soccer players showed their solidarity with the n.f.l. demonstrators berlin team took a need to for a bundesliga match in october to protest against racism in sports.