How is it an abuse of the Presidents power to tell the NFL to make its players stop disrespecting the nation while on their payroll?
It was not part of the original contract, you can't change the rules midstream.
No, the NFL has rules that allow team owners to discipline players for showing disrespect to the flag.
The problem is the NFL owners have chosen to not enforce their own rules.
There are a couple of problems with this, imo.
While it's true, the owners could force the players to stand, they
cannot force the players to be patriotic, to respect the flag, or to love America.
So...we're probably better off knowing which players are unpatriotic and which of them probably don't give a shit about this country. It's better that we know exactly where they really stand. Let them live on their knees, if that's where they're most comfortable. Lol...