And for that he was banned for life from NFL.
He's been offered several opportunities to play for the NFL since he started his little performance, he turned them all down...
And... wearing socks with police officers as pigs is another totally classy move he's made...
(Wonder if Nike will start making them now?)
As much as it pains me, I must agree with my Obama impeaching, Texas seceding friend. Colin Kapernick had multiple opportunities in the NFL. He rejected them thinking he could get a sweeter deal. He F'd up. He has the right to kneel, now he must live with that stupid decision. That said, if it does come out in this new round of arbitration hearings that NFL owners have conspired to not hire him, he will be paid handsomely for that. I would think their lawyers are smart enough to insulate them from doing something blatant.
You say it's his right to kneel? Well isn't it the right of the team owners to NOT hire him and the circus that comes with him? After all he is a employee and as a employer they have the right to hire who they want. This is still America.
I have not watched a game since other players started following his stupid footsteps and I will continue my boycott. I also have never bought Nike products so I will continue that trend. When the owners and now Nike lose enough revenue from their bad desisions they will likely change their minds. Until then........
It is an owners right to hire who they wish. But if owners conspired together to keep him out they would be in legal jeopardy. Continue your boycott by all means.
You just said he had multiple offers to play. He rejected them for a better deal. Your words. I'm not a lawyer (and neither are you) but I think that any conspiracy charge would be null and void since he had offers and turned them down. He had a opportunity to play and he refused. He F-uped......
Thanks for giving me your permission to continue my boycott. I sure wouldn't want to continue without it.
Being as you don't watch football, I guess it is to be expected that you don't understand how it works. He had opportunities in the NFL. He opted out of them thinking he would find greener pastures. He was wrong. As to whether owners conspired later to blackball him has yet to be adjudicated. I gave you no permission to do anything. I merely agreed that you should continue with your boycott if that's what you wish.
I did watch. Almost every sunday. Colts fan. So when a few Colts took a knee I decided I was done. I don't give two chits about Kaeprenick. Do you actually believe that every team owner conspired to keep him unenployed?
My father and my older brother served under that flag so when I see some over payed,glory seeking moron kneel before said flag for some perceived social injustice that has nothing to do with the flag it makes me angry. It should make EVERY veteran angry. But I guess some think they are above such trivial things.....
As a veteran, I dont let this get to me. My parents raised me to respect the flag and those brave brothers and sisters of mine who wear the uniform. The military tought me to respect the oath to support and defend the Constitutuion. You and I dont have to agree with CK's actions, but I do respect his right to protest peacefully.
And thanks to our free market system, it's our freedom to turn our backs on any entity that supports his message. If the passion and anger towards this controversy was calmed down some (no thanks to the media) I feel this unfortunate situation would have died shortly after it began.
I dont feel NFL teams conspired not to hire CK. I look at it as I do with Tim Tebow. No NFL team wants the media publicity in the locker room when it comes to chit like this. It was unfortunate in a star role model player like Tebow that his strong religious views brought so much scrutiny from outside sources. Regardless, in CK's case, I'd rather see him on ads of a product I won't buy than see his kneeling ass in front of the flag on every news station for a week.
Tebow got released because he was not a NFL caliber quarterback.
The same reason for why he will never make it to the big leagues of MLB; he is not MLB caliber.
Him being a christian is not a factor. He can't hit breaking balls and he's too old at this stage of life to be any more than a minor league player for a couple of years. He'll sell tickets and that's about it.
He was a fantastic college player in football. That's where it ended. Nice guy. Good role model.
I respect that he gave it his best.
Kapernick's situation is exactly like the one that Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (formerly Chris Jackson) created back in 1990's when he was a player with the Denver Nuggets of the NBA.
