There’s Spygate and Deflategate, bullying and bounties.
Those are just a few of the NFL’s biggest scandals in just the past 15 years. And that’s not taking into account all the players suspended for allegations of domestic violence.
The most divisive of all — Colin Kaepernick’s protest for social justice — began in 2016 and continues.
But from the gambling suspensions of Paul Hornung and Alex Karras in the 1960s to Patriots players exposing themselves to a female reporter in 1990 to Kaepernick and other players kneeling during the national anthem, the NFL always seems to overcome whatever threatens its image or bottom line.