Ben Strauss for Politico:

According to Reuters, more than 83 percent of NFL fans are white and they are more than 20 percent more likely to be Republicans than Democrats. All but one owner is white, too. Eighty percent of the players, meanwhile, are black. And if Trump continues to antagonize players, they will respond.

The NFL isn’t running an election campaign. Football is a business. The league and its teams should be focused on the marginal fan who almost certainly isn’t a Republican.