NFL and tolerance of free speech?

NFL "Refresher"  NFL History...history not often reported or leaked to the ticket holders.

* In 2012 the NFL had an issue with Tim Tebow kneeling before each game to pray,

they also had an issue with Tebow wearing John 3:16 as part of his eye-black to avoid

glare, and made him take it off.

* In 2013 the NFL fined Brandon Marshall for wearing green cleats to raise awareness

for people with mental health disorders.

* In 2014 Robert Griffin III (RG3) entered a post-game press conference wearing a shirt

that said "Know Jesus Know Peace" but was forced to turn it inside out by an NFL uniform

inspector before speaking at the podium.

* In 2015 DeAngelo Williams was fined for wearing "Find the Cure" eye black for breast

cancer awareness.

* In 2015 William Gay was fined for wearing purple cleats to raise awareness for domestic

violence. (Not that the NFL has a domestic violence problem...).

*In 2016 the NFL prevented the Dallas Cowboys from wearing a decal on their helmet in honor

of 5 Dallas Police officers killed in the line of duty.

* 2016 the NFL threatened to fine players who wanted to wear cleats to commemorate the

15th anniversary of 9/11.

So tell me again how the NFL supports free speech and expression. It seems quite clear

based on these facts that the NFL has taken a position against any action by NFL players

demonstrating RESPECT for any issue: For God, social causes such as mental health,

cancer, domestic violence, for cops killed arbitrarily for being cops, or for the Memory of 9/11...

BUT they will allow demonstrations of DISRESPECT for our National Flag, our National

Anthem, for America , and for the American People, if it will help mollify a particular Group

and its supporters. That is who and what the NFL now has shown itself to be.