The NFL became a symbol of both political division and unity in the United States on Sunday.
Two days after President Donald Trump called for the firing of players who kneeled during the national anthem, the numbers participating in the protest grew.
More than 200 decided to take a knee or sit.
Al Jazeera’s Elise Holman reports.
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