but he really has. now when the nfl season resumes before the mid terms trump will have something else to talk about and they will be able to target and pinlon hole players that don t come out of the locker room and they will be able to fine teams whose players take a knee. this is problematic because the players union should have been consulted. the appropriate response was to go back to the policy several years ago where no one was on the field during the national anthem. the anthem was played and then the players took to the field afterwards. the other thing, too, it continues to misunderstand and ris represent what kaepernick were doing in the first place. they weren t protesting the be a them or our troops, they are taking a knee in reverence of those who inspectly die here in america and who frankly our troops die to protect.