[ConservativeMind]

If this is not supposedly protesting against the anthem or flag, why not just do the protest at random times during actual play?

[OKSooner]

"If this is not supposedly protesting against the anthem or flag, why not just do the protest at random times during actual play?"

Actually there was a college team who did this last week in a game. All of them took a knee before lining up for the first play from scrimmage, which got them a delay of game penalty. Not only was it an insult to the opposing team, it also showed that playing football was really just not all that important to them.