I read a sports columnist in the newspaper this morning who stated Kap was still working out with his personal trainer and hoping an NFL team would sign him. The columnist pointed out some lesser talented QB's who had been signed and was criticizing the NFL owners for not signing Kap. Kap was defended for stating his beliefs on injustice in the country and kneeling during the national anthem to draw attention to his belief. Well I say the owners are also exercising their rights.
I agree. Kap made his bed. I don't hold his protesting against him. But as my grandpappy use to say, there is a time and place for everything. Protesting for whatever reason, there is a time and place for that. But not at work. How many of us could protest at work if the protest isn't work related? Protesting is to be done at a rally or a march, something akin to that. But not at work and not on a football field. It wouldn't bother me one bit if some team signs Kap or if they don't. He made his bed.
Him, and Eric Reid (the team mate who first took a knee with Kap), both said from the beginning that they didn't care what happens to them. They were taking a knee to protest injustice. They also said they understood that teams may not sign them. Now, they are both whining like never before and are acting surprised? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ional-anthem-activism/?utm_term=.6916d73af4db and https://www.si.com/nfl/video/2018/0...are-teams-avoiding-eric-reid-because-protests That being said, I'm sure if Kaepernick agreed to stand for the anthem, a team would sign him. The NFL's decline in ratings needs to change. As I stated in the other Kap threads, they NFL will do what the NBA currently does: Contract has a stipulation that when the anthem is played, you stand. You don't have to stand, but you won't get paid.
Kaepernick. What a f*cking joke. I wouldn't walk from my house to the end of the block to watch Kaepernick do anything. I completely dropped the NFL because of the crap he caused among NFL players and some of their IDIOT owners and hangers-on. If I so much as see his or any other "kneelers" faces anywhere on TV again, I won't watch any NFL or college games involving teams who put condone this sh*t. Right now, I'm very enthused at how well the Colorado Avalanche have done this season! We made the playoff's last night, and I'm very proud of Coach Bednar and his entire team. Congratulations, too, to Joe Sakic, who's the General Manager of the Colorado Avalanche. Since the beginning of last October, I've been "all-in" for hockey, and couldn't care less about football games that are nothing but a disgusting display of "guerrilla theater" for the BLM and other idiot "kneelers". A clown like Kaepernick? Maybe he should go try to play football for Gridiron RSA in South Africa. He might be a lot happier among the "home boys" over there. And a lot of us in the States would be a lot happier never having to look at him again, either.... . "What? Don't I still look cool...?!"
Well I couldn't do that. I love football too much. Kaepernick was an idiot, but it's blown over. The kneelers are agreeing to stand because they know they are losing money. Kaepernick would be a good fit on many teams. As much as I don't want to admit it, he's a good player. If he agreed to cut the crap and just focus on football, he'd do wonders for a team like the Jets, Bills, Browns...etc.
The "kneelers" will be back next season, Soldier. This is an election year, and the Left, along with their BLM cadres will be pulling out all the stops to paint everyone 'right-of-center' as a bunch of deplorable, racist Nazis. You never see any of this sh*t among NHL hockey teams! As far as Kaepernick is concerned, he's old, his performance had already hit its peak and started going downhill about three years ago anyway. He's finished! Somebody please take out the trash! Link: http://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/...icks-biggest-problem-performance-not-politics
You missed my article I cited of Eric Reid, Kaepernick's second kneeler (and best friend) who agreed to not kneel for a contract
In a way, maybe we should be grateful to Kaepernick and the other NFL morons. By giving us an opportunity to look at this game the way it is managed, played, sponsored, and promoted, more and more of us have come to realize that pro football, and a lot of college football, is plodding, slow-paced, over-saturated with commercials, plagued with unending, constant interruptions, and generally a frustrating pain in the ass. After a solid season of watching NHL hockey, I doubt I'll ever want to watch NFL football games again. Same for most college football games, too. Kapernick and his BLM clowns were only part of the misery, but whether they kneel now, or don't kneel, the game is still an overburdened, glacially-paced, tedious waste of time.... Thanks, Mr. Kaepernick, for giving us a new perspective to see what a f*cking DRAG that NFL football has become....
While I agree with you 100% about the bigoted message Kaepernick and his clowns tried to make...the "movement" died. It's nonexistent anymore. The kneelers have given in to the money
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where is it written that a protest can't be at work? is there a rule book that only you know about? why is the national anthem played at sporting events, since when is a sporting event of national significance? it wasn't too long ago a coloured Quarterback was unheard of, the nfl definitely has a racist past. if the NFL wants to introduce the national anthem to the game then players have a right to protest what they see as a national problem.
wyly, please stop the strained equivalencies of . . . nothing. Business set the ground rules for 'protest' at work, and I bet you 'free speech' does not enter into the equation. However, if a person or group want to push their luck at work, they can for it, as long as they understand the business may punish them severely.
If I had tried to protest something not work related at work, out the door I would have been shoved. You're here to work, not to protest. It's quite simple unless one lives in a fantasy world. You're darn tooten players have a right to protest, at a rally, at a march, but not at work. Now if the NFL let's them get away with it, so be it. I would wager 90% of us who aren't multi million dollar NFL, NBA, MLB etc. players, just normal American Joe's couldn't get away with a protest at work. Kap is part of the moneyed elite, a top one percenter, but he wants to be seen as an average Joe. Fine, go to a protest march, ralley etc. and then be an average Joe.
