“... they don’t even care about the consequences.”
... because often, unfortunately, there are no consequences. They are insulated by several levels of protection the most significant of these being the left-wing media.
I believe that most if not all of the left’s dialog would disappear if they had to say it to someone’s face instead of hiding behind a keyboard. It is easy to be brave when no one knows who you are.
It is more than media. The NFL is big business. Billions of dollars are involved. The corporations behind the NFL will do whatever is necessary to protect their product. Until they can feel pain re the bottom line, they will cater to the whims and desires of their employees, especially the 70% who are black. The MSM have made this into a racist issue. And the Dem politicians are piling on.