1. The easiest solution to the national anthem situation would be to stop playing the anthem before every single sporting event.
Obviously, this will never happen because leagues don’t want to be accused of not being patriotic, but in reality, the playing of the anthem before each and every sporting event in 2018 is done for tradition, not patriotism. And God forbid we mess with tradition.
But Donald Trump, who is all about playing to his base, has made the national anthem issue about military. And scared NFL owners, who only care about money and nothing else, don’t want to anger Trump or his supporters.