Everybody (including me) is talking about what an idiot he is, but the way he played his hand and made himself out to be a heroic warrior against the “woke crowd” obviously completely froze and terrified the NFL who don’t want to lose fans of that persuasion, as you pointed out. In a way it may prove to be cynically clever. Although he has now torpedoed his second career opportunities as a Jeopardy host or hawking insurance, maybe he has a future on far right talk radio or TV. Or, a politician, he certainly seems to have the required lack of a moral compass and ability to stay in the news.