Unless you are a black man and, moreover, a black athlete who represents not just their community but also their teammates, I don’t think you should tell them how or when to protest.

Many professional sports players do invest in and help their communities. Last night’s NBA protest was led by Lebron James. James built a school for disadvantage black kids in Akron and he’s also leading a new effort to recruit poll workers.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/26/us/lebron-james-poll-workers-vote-trnd/index.html

Most leagues even have their own rewards for players contribute to society, such as the NFL’s Walter Payton award.

The economy will continue to suck until such time as the US gets the pandemic under control, and even then, it will be on life support for an extended period.

A sane, never mind humane, administration would long ago have begun throwing money at the problem (deficit spending in a time of effectively 0% interest is a cheap investment). With luck, the Biden administration will be sufficiently competent to control Covid-19 and sufficiently Keynesian to prop up the economy for as long as necessary.

Vote as if your life depends on it (it does).

–alopecia