Daily Mail: NFL fans express their anger at the 'politicization' of the league as teams kneel for anthem or stay in locker rooms in support of BLM on first Sunday - as Colin Kaepernick slams the NFL for propaganda 'about how they care'
* Fans tweeted their frustration and anger about how political messages appear to have infiltrated the NFL
* Some teams knelt for the national anthem while others locked arms and raised fists
* Several stadiums have been adorned with 'Black Lives Matter' and 'End racism' messaging
* Colin Kaepernick spoke out against the NFL on Sunday as the opening games were getting underway
* Kaepernick appeared to be angered by the NFL pushing its social justice initiatives while his former teammate Eric Reid remained a free agent to start the season
Fans of the NFL have been expressing their dismay at how the NFL has become 'politicized' in the wake of recent Black Lives Matter protests.
Teams opening their seasons in empty stadiums on Sunday knelt, locked arms, raised fists in protest or stayed off the field entirely for the 'Star-Spangled Banner' and the Black anthem 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' as the once-reluctant league brought racial injustice to the forefront on the NFL's first full slate of games.
But the gesture has provoked strong feelings among a segment of fans who were already unhappy when players knelt for the national anthem which started when former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick first took a knee in 2016.
The issue has since been further aggravated after the NFL said they would add 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' before all the opening games of the 2020 season.
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WNU Editor: I grew up in the Soviet Union where sports and Communist politics walked hand-in-hand .... and I hated it. And now .... I see the same thing in the U.S. and Canada .... and I hate it also. Here is an easy prediction. It is going to take a generation or two for the NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL to regain their fan-base to what it was before Kaepernick first took his knee in 2016. And maybe even longer if this radical politicization of American sports continues.
