dismal said:
It's almost like people can differentiate between reasons someone is kneeling, and the reason matters.
Yes, exactly. It shows that cameramen don't value the flag, the anthem, or the Fatherland as much as other things.
I think dismal has really uncovered a terrible problem here and it is far more extensive than just the cameramen. If the cameramen are kneeling while pointing their cameras at the players then it means no one at home is looking at the flag of the Fatherland. So the cameramen need to stand and salute the flag while pointing the cameras at the flag. Everyone at home needs to stand up out of their couch-recliner-complexes, too, and salute the flag. This should probably be done at the start of every television show, too, not just football.