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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel
Not following your train of thought here. Was there a uniform or cause he didn't support??? He took a knee during the antem kinda different.
The anthems are a #### tradition anyways. Sporting events didn't always do this till baseball tried it one day and America8ns were like "this is cool " and then because the crowd way back then kinda liked it because America! They just went with it.
So i your mind what what was Kaepernick disrespecting?
Yhe Anthems were a gimmick that baseball came up with. A side show that pleased the crowd . That's it that's all . It drew crowds in earlier to the game. The American anthem was a side show to get people in the seats early to buy concessions .
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So if it is a ####ty tradition in your mind then it's OK? What if someone thinks a "Pride Night" by a league that has a history of covering up sexual assaults of gay players is political posturing bull####? Would that make it OK to not participate?
Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem for weeks before taking a knee. You may not agree, but many people saw this as him disrespecting military veterans. He has also been quoted as saying he doesn't support the flag or what it represents.
Again, you may be in agreement with him here, but you must also be OK with him not playing or getting paid for his controversial stance, right? Or are we going to be selective in which controversial views result in someone not getting to play or get paid?
To be clear, there is no evidence that Kaepernick's activism is the reason he's not playing in the NFL. He has been invited to multiple tryouts over the years and if he was good enough to play in the NFL, he would be. Just using him as an example.