The NFL kneeling issue is a big part of the US/Trump/Obama/One Party DemLiberTeaPublican Dictatorship making The Public COMPLY. Just the same as them weakening/getting rid of unions. It's all very Nineteen Eighty-Four like, ditto for the rise of Hitler, a government taken over by a regime creating a patriotic compliant population.
The "kneeling" issue is highly important to the US Government, a must win at all costs, as Football is one of the most important indoctrination platforms for the US Government, reaching the people they want to reach in a war-like way that's easy to reach them in.
....but this isn't what US Patriotism is about.
Green Party Jesse Ventura Quotes:
"A Patriot is someone that holds government to a high standard, it's not someone who goes along and gets along"
"There isn't one law in the US that says you have to stand and salute the flag."
"The biggest law in the land, the 1st amendment, Free Speech, allows you to burn the US flag if you want to."
"Government (and the NFL) has to earn Patriotism. Government cannot mandate Patriotism."
"Forcing people to stand or salute for a pledge of allegiance - this is Forced Patriotism."