Is there a path forward in NFL protests?

(AP) — The players kneel. The president tweets.
And the great divide over protests during the national anthem at NFL games grows even wider.
So far the players — at least a handful of them — aren’t backing down. A few took a knee in the first weekend of exhibition games, at least two raised a fist during the anthem, and several stayed in the locker room as their way of making a statement.
The NFL reacted by doing nothing, at least publicly. The league’s hastily adopted new policy on protests during the anthem is on hold while it holds talks with the players’ union…