They are largely male.   And they want to be entertained.
They live vicariously through the lives of their favorite players.

They are elated when their team wins and forever depressed when their team loses.
They live and breathe football 24/hours a day, in and off season.

The biggest sponsor of NFL football is the U.S. Army, Marines & Air Force.
The flyovers by military aircraft are part of the show.
The U.S. military stands for patriotism, bravery, discipline, strength.
The pledge of allegiance to the flag before the game
is probably the only opportunity for American adults to make that pledge.
Now the only country that stood up for "liberty and justice for all," in its Constitution,
that elected a black President,
and lost hundreds of thousands of live in the Civil War to abolish slavery,
is being pilloried in the world court of public opinion.

Now football has become a political statement.
It is not about the fans.
And it has no regard for its sponsors.

Now all fans will have to buy into whatever political statement some black players have thrust upon everyone else.
It is about them and their world view, not the fans and what they bought tickets to see.
Now how can America say no to the demand from some blacks for reparations for past slavery?
$14 trillion of reparations is what is being talked about.  Or else American cities will be burnt to the ground.
Well now, come to think of it, what does America owe American Indians?
Reparations speak against the American way — free enterprise and achievement, not give aways.