Unemployed Colin Kaepernick
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Unfortunately many nfl fans are ok with that because it confirms their flawed profile of crooked / dumb / spoiled black athletes. When a black athlete challenges things well that doesn’t sit well with them.
Here's the thing to play in the NFL you don't have to be the best ever.
CK is not Payton, Eli, Aaron Rogers but he was better than half the starting QBs last year.
Sure the 49ers record was bad but they literally had the worst defense in the league.
So there's at least 10 teams the QBs that are worse statistically, with less experience and either no playoff experience or poor playoff performance.
The idea that a guy of his stature would be more of a distraction than contributor is silly. Especially when you consider the large number of black team mates who probably have experience problems at the hands of the police.
Teams have dealt with bigger distractions.
It is a clear cut case of being black balled unfortunately, hard to prove in court.
CK is not Payton, Eli, Aaron Rogers but he was better than half the starting QBs last year.
Sure the 49ers record was bad but they literally had the worst defense in the league.
So there's at least 10 teams the QBs that are worse statistically, with less experience and either no playoff experience or poor playoff performance.
The idea that a guy of his stature would be more of a distraction than contributor is silly. Especially when you consider the large number of black team mates who probably have experience problems at the hands of the police.
Teams have dealt with bigger distractions.
It is a clear cut case of being black balled unfortunately, hard to prove in court.
Beyonce awards CK Sports Illustrated's Muhammad Ali Legacy Award, which celebrates athletes whose career has directly or indirectly impacted the world - an award most athletes can only dream of.
It's the residual racism of much of white America, continuing to this day. It's the reason Trump engages in attacking the protests, essentially pandering to his base.
Outside of hockey, how many top pro athletes are white these days? A few QB's. Some baseball players? The vast majority of top athletes are Black.
Didn't Beyonce come out in support for Clinton and even sing for her? Didn't help and it won't here either.
You have a narrow view of "top athlete". There is large mix of elite white athletes in many sports - soccer, golf, winter sports, tennis, swimming, gymnastic, ice skating, wrestling, MMA, hockey, racing, boxing, baseball.
A lot of the sports you mentioned are less popular in the US. Popularity is important as it translates to ability to reach a large audience/have impact. In US I'd say football, baseball, nascar, hockey are the big four.
A white guy would have to raise a shit ton of money or champion a major cause to trump police violence vs minorities.
Basketball is a much bigger game in the USA than hockey is
Sounds like JJ Watt
JJ raised a lot but other white guys have donated more than him so he's out of luck.
Some would argue all he did was lend his name to get 209K people to give 34 million in hurricane relief. But chances are those people would have gave money regardless of JJ.
Totally agree I think it is odd that there are people taking glee in his situation.
Only if you think money alone solves problems. By the time the SJW vultures and corporate bureaucracy eat thru those funds for their own private jets, fast cars, big houses, and wining & dining, there will be pennies left for the "cause".
Congrats!
This is your fantasy of what will happen, Smallcock. The reality is that the $ will go to the intended recipients. You just can't handle the fact that CK has won any measure of success.
Agreed. Can't celebrate JJ and not CK because by that same line of thinking the 37 million JJ raised (by getting over 209 000 people to donate) should also be eaten up in beauracracy.
Like most people who are the first to do something.... they didn't plan it per se.
BUT thanks to CK how many players have since protested and have their jobs?
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OnTheWayOut
Seems like there's trouble in paradise ...... https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/29/sports/football/nfl-players-coalition.html
"The players’ group, though, has fractured, raising questions about how many players will approve the N.F.L.’s plan and about whether the agreement will lead to an end to the protests, which have divided the owners and caused concern among the league’s broadcast partners and sponsors."
