NFL players kneeling, just more propaganda?

The NFL is full of propaganda. I just wonder if this whole kneeling thing is just more deliberate distraction to keep the sheeple from paying attention to what is really going on and keep the sheeple divided. With all the government money flowing into the tax free NFL, they can afford to take a hit in ratings. Remember, bread and circuses to divert and pacify the population.
Read some the comments from the article below, spot on.

Report: Defense Dept. paid NFL millions of taxpayer dollars to salute troops.

The United States Department of Defense paid the National Football League more than $5 million in taxpayer money between 2011 to 2014 to honor U.S. soldiers and veterans at games, an investigation revealed this week.
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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/defense-department-paid-5-4-million-nfl-honor-troops/
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