Buffalo Bills co-owner Kim Pegula said Friday that players in the organization "just didn't understand or know the impact" their protests during the national anthem could have on the NFL as a business.
ESPN's Mike Rodak relayed comments by Pegula, who owns the Bills with her husband Terry, from an appearance at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston about the different perspectives from owners protecting their interests and players hoping to highlight social injustice.
"They didn't grow up in the sports business world. They came in on the players' side," she said.