Denver -- denver broncos linebacker brandon marshall may have come out of the super bowl 50 rematch a champion again, but sponsors are bailing on his image due to his actions ahead of the. · brandon marshall lost a sponsorship deal with the air academy federal credit union after kneeling during the anthem before the broncos thursday night game against the carolina panthers,. · many nfl players have taken part in colin kaepernicks protest , but broncos linebacker brandon marshall appears to have been hit the hardest for it. · brandon marshall joined his former college teammate colin kaepernick’s protest against the national anthem by taking a knee ahead of thursday night’s nfl season opener, but the move has. Not too long after he took a knee during. · englewood, colo. · denver broncos linebacker brandon marshall has lost his endorsement deal with air academy federal credit union after he followed san francisco 49ers quarterback, colin kaepernick, in refusing to. — evaporating endorsements and burning t-shirts won’t deter broncos linebacker brandon marshall from continuing to kneel during the national anthem in support of colin. · centurylink has terminated its sponsorship deal with denver broncos linebacker brandon marshall after he protested during the national anthem in the teams season opener.