NFL backs off anthem rule for now.

[Rev. Rye]

But, the good thing is, the more people who do what the republicans always defend in "the free market", they have no right to bitch when we appeal to the NFL and win. If we are the consumers then we have that right. 

That shit is nothing new. In the days before the Civil War, Southerners crowed a lot about States' Rights. It was probably the second-biggest issue to them. However, the minute their #2 issue conflicted with their #1 issue, they completely stopped giving a shit about #2. When the Fugitive Slave Act of 1851 was passed, demanding that even free states take part in the hunt for runaway slaves, nobody batted an eyelash at the blatant violation of state's rights. When the territory of Kansas ended up being taken over by pro-slavery groups whose views were diametrically opposed to the people there, well, when someone called them out on it on the Senate floor, he was almost beaten to death with a cane. The states' righters, however, responded by sending the guy who did it new canes. The Dred Scott decision temporarily destroyed the distinction between free and slave states by ruling that Congress had no right to ban slavery. Note: I have been able to find a real-life Shigalyovist, one who one-upped Shigalyov by saying 95% of people should be slaves and the other 5% should be masters, but I have not been able to find any instances of pro-slavery, pro-States Rights, Southerners who decried the blatant contradiction between these three measures and their beloved states' rights.