The NFL had intended for its rule to achieve a resolution.
For more than a year, controversy had eddied endlessly around players’ decisions to kneel during the national anthem. And the league thought a policy requiring players to stand for the anthem if they were on the field — but also allowing them to stay off the field and out of sight — would end an uncomfortable conversation that had reached even the White House.
But if it was resolution the league was seeking, the move failed.
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