"I’m choosing to not let the actions of a minority of the players to piss me off so much that I boycott the sport."
Well, you are (of course) entitled to your own opinion, and I fully respect that. The problem I have with that kind of thinking , is that the "minority of the players" are just like a turd in the punch bowl. There may be a lot more punch there in that bowl than turd, but who the hell is going to want to drink that punch?
By not demanding that these jerks stop disrespecting the flag and the country it represents (which is their own country), and the people who sacrificed their lives for that flag and country, and letting them keep their lucrative American jobs while spitting on the people who pay their salaries, the NFL leadership in effect sanctions that disgusting and despicable behavior, and (like Vin Scully) I will never support those treasonous turds or their diseased product ever again.
To get some brief glimpses at just a few of the many reasons why they should show respect for their flag and the country it represents, watch these videos. The meaning of our National Anthem, goes far deeper and way beyond that song, "The Star-Spangled Banner", and all of us Americans should learn and know that intimately.