They can do what dallas did, take a knee before, but stand for the anthem. Then you seperate the massage from the issue and a discussion can take place. Also, the rules are the rules, if they violate them they can be fined. Yes they have the right to do so, but its not going to accoplish anything productive. Besides, it all startes because some crappy qb just did not want to get cut.
RE: Stand for the flag, or get off the field and forfeit your pay