First off, that is very mobbish of the police to threaten to cease "protection" unless all the football players lie and say they like the police. News flash, getting hired as a cop does not automatically make you a good person. Most cops think the government is retarded yet when you don't trust the police they say hey well the government trusts me so I must not be that bad. When I see a cop all I see is stranger with a gun. Same as when they look at me. This is coming from someone who has met plenty of good cops so don't think I'm biased.
http://billypenn.com/2016/09/01/everything-we-know-about-the-philly-cop-with-the-nazi-tattoo/