for Public Affairs Research, 52 percent of Americans disapprove of professional athletes who have protested by refusing to stand during the national anthem, compared to 31 percent who approve. On Saturday, the nonprofit Martin Luther King Jr. According to the NFL Players Association, NFL players with college degrees make between 20% and 30% more than players who left school early to enter the NFL. It's everyone who didn't win the league.. Edwards was the activist behind the iconic black power salute at the Olympics in 1968, the same year Briscoe started for the Broncos. A public school district...