dave zirin, your response? amy: love it or leave it, dave. notompulsory patriotism is patriotism, it is dictatorship. it is disgusting. it speaks far more to trump's character than the carriage of the national football league who are using that space in the anthem to speak about the gap between the promises of the national anthem, the promises of this country, and the lived experiences of black americans in this country. that is a discussion donald trump does not want to have. that is what this is about. when has this president said one word about police were telling or racism? if anything, he fans the flames of that kind of oppression. he does not stand against them or even want to have a dialogue about them. this has definitely patriotism and every thing to do with the british racism we as seen from donald trump going back 30, 40 years in his personal life and his professional life. amy: let's go to an article published monday by bleacher report id tells revealed heart of grievance colin kaeaepernic's fileled against the nfl, claimig owners

dave zirin, writing about this a lot since it started.r initial reaction to the league's decision? >> well, people called the nfl the no fun league sometimes because of the way they crack down on celebrations. i guess call them the no freedom league now as well. look, what the nfl owners are doing, the equivalent trying to put out a fire with kerosene and showing they still don't understand why players are protesting in the first place. it's not to protest the anthem. it's to -- not to disrespect the anthem. it is to protest police violence and racial inequity and a bra crackdown on players, more specifically, black players and how it will be read. they're tough against this policy they feel is in violation of the collective bargain the agreement. players will speak out, rebel against the policy and i think year suing fans speak out. compulsory patriotism is not patriotism. >> rob, nflpa, the statement coming out a short time ago. the nfl chose not to consult the union in the development of this new policy. policy being in quotation marks