I've always said football has a power that few other communal activities have. But I bet a child went to bed wet or hungry last night, or suffered severe physical, emotional or verbal abuse. Or maybe even died as a result of neglect or worse. Maybe someone responsible for that was even at a game and joined in.
And while I don't want to knock Taking the Knee, its main purpose seems to be to make non-racists more aware of racism. That's not a bad thing, and is worthy in itself, but has any racist seen it and thought "I'd better not be racist any more"?