Who is this guy?

Who is this guy?

He's a half black half white NFL football player who knelt down on his knee during the national anthem instead of standing straight with his hand on his heart. He did it to protest racism when #blacklivesmatter was just starting to get it's legs, if you know what that is.

https://streamable.com/dwrdr

I don't know why we assume that Colin knows even one thing about public policy. He is just a football player.

We shouldn’t and he doesn’t. In the beginning he did lots of interviews and stuff and he sounded like some idealistic college freshman who didn’t know what the hell they were talking about or how the world works.

He evidently is aware of this and has basically stopped speaking publicly. I wish LeBron (and others) would follow his lead.

Bring attention to important issues? Great. Please do it. But you are a fucking athlete, not a philosopher or political scientist. Don’t try to pretend you are something you are not. Instead they should be handing that megaphone to people who are truly qualified or shining a light on them.

Kap is doing this. LeBron wants to be that guy himself.

by the time Kaepernick started kneeling, he was already washed up

That’s accurate. It’s very different from what you originally said but if that’s all you meant, it’s true.

Hard to fault the dude for doing it when he did. Say you’re Carson Wentz and want to do the same thing. Do you do it now and risk getting blackballed? Or make a few hundred million first?

I’d make the money first, too.

Pooh made those points much better than me so I will only comment on this...

I dont know why we assumed that MLK knew even one thing about public policy. He was just a priest.

I believe our religious leaders should talk politics. Conservatives believe that priests are actually much more qualified to talk politics than football players or most other people.

I find that it is often those who lean left saying that priests should keep politics away from the pulpit while conveniently ignoring that MLK was a priest.

If you don't think there is AT LEAST a 50% chance the NFL gave him the full go ahead to kneel before he ever did it than I have some land in Zimbabwe I want to sell you.

Or you know and you're just trolling. It's hard to tell with you people sometimes.

When you say “the NFL” what do you mean? The commissioner? All the owners? Some marketing executives?

The last one maybe. The first one there is a tiny chance. But no fucking way every last old white racist owner gave the go ahead. They have the same views as the racists in this thread.

Every touchdown of Kap's career

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV_zNGzmLYU&app=desktop

http://time.com/5390884/nike-sales-go-up-kaepernick-ad/

Lol, this is the dumbest controversy ever. No one would even care about Kap kneeling if the media didn't make a big deal about.

Kap is a washed up player who wants money based off his old self. Now to be fair, he isn't trash, but if he had swallowed his ego he'd still be playing.

That being said, Kap's popularity is built off the idiots crying fowl over something so stupid as kneeling.

They have the same views as the racists in this thread.


Yea, I would say theres about a 90% chance every NFL owner has felt a liiiitle like a slave driver at some point.

oof, I can imagine

If he wants money is going for the max and being patient about it. He's refusing to settle his grievance with the NFL and wants to take it all the way. I'd imagine they'd pay him to go away at this point.

Jimi Hendrix>Colin Kaepernick

Out of the two afro dudes, Hendrix did protest better.