In the article "Football Is Problematic, but Not Because of #TakeTheKnee" Jennifer Maffessanti explains the many issues with the NFL and their players. She talks about the many incidents of violence, abuse, drug use, and injuries that seems to go on in the football leagues. She talks about how many players in the NFL have had scandals, been arrested, been incarcerated, and are still getting picked to play on teams but Colin Kaepernick, who kneeled during the national anthem, is still yet to pick by another team. Maffessanti says "if you want to be done with the NFL and boycott them, fine. That's your right." She argues that kneeling isn't the worst thing that football plays have done, she argues that the players are just expressing one of their