Colin Kaepernick and the absurdity of the NFL

[El Kabong]

It doesn't matter. Nike is hardly the only major corporation with skeletons in its closet. Let's not demonize Nike while losing track of reality. But this isn't about defending Nike the company. This is about a simple TV ad which has only positive messages in it. Should the fact that Kaepernick appears in the ad matter? That in itself is an indictment on society. The fact that so much negativity can be spewed over a TV ad which attempts to carry a positive message. Look at it this way. Not everyone in the U.S. knows who Kaepernick is. Not everybody follows football or cares about the Kaepernick controversy. So for them to see that ad, and then read about the commotion it's caused, particularly from the President himself..... must be puzzling.

The fact that Brock calls Kaepernick "nauseating" is rather a positive thing as far as I'm concerned, judging from Brock's general view on things.

It doesn't matter whether Colin (Kaepernick's too long) is/was a good player or not. He's gone, courtesy of the NFL. They saw to that. Problem solved. The guy lost millions in potential income. So if a famous athletic wear brand wants to have him in a commercial of theirs, what is it to anybody else, particularly the frigging POTUS, who should be out there defending himself from the shit storms gathering around the White House, as well as running the country.

This is hardly the first time a player rightly or wrongly has claimed they've been blackballed from a league here are a few examples: Craig Hodges (NBA, ties to NOI & Farrakhan), Kerry Rhodes (NFL, because it's assumed that he's gay), Eric Reid (NFL, Anthem with Kaep), Ray Rice (NFL, domestic violence), Muhammad Ali (boxing, but only for a period of time), Connie Hawkins (NBA, gambling I believe), Rashad McCants (NBA, he's mentally unstable), Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (NBA, refusal to stand for the Anthem but he worked a deal with the NBA and then later had to go overseas to play)....and there's PLENTY of guys who could still play or perform who didn't get the opportunity for whatever reason like Steve Francis a great guard in the NBA who apparently has/had a huge drinking problem.


Blackballing Kaep makes him a martyr....I'm all for letting the guy play but at the same time his girl calling Ray Lewis an Uncle Tom when he was trying to get him signed up with the Ravens probably made him persona non grata with a lot of folks....who wants to extend a helping hand when you're going to get slammed with that tag? I'm not a huge Ray Lewis fan either, dude witnessed a murder and clammed up about it not a great look, but he was/is the face of the Ravens franchise...it would be like going to the Dodgers and calling Sandy Koufax an antisemetic slur or Jackie Robinson a racial slur...it's just not done by anyone who wants to have or keep a job.

[brocktonblockbust]

Like I said Colin Kaepernick should be arrested

[TitoFan]

Like I said Colin Kaepernick should be arrested

On what charge, genius?

[Master]

Like I said Colin Kaepernick should be arrested

On what charge, genius?

He stood on one knee during the national anthem. Total crime in some people's eye's.

[X]

I don't know anything at all about American football. I'm aware of this guy and all the controversy about the national anthem (and wonder why a President is getting involved personally in this). However, I dint really have a well reasoned or knowledgeable viewpoint.

I do have a question, though .... is the guy very good at American football?

[Beanz]

I don't know anything at all about American football. I'm aware of this guy and all the controversy about the national anthem (and wonder why a President is getting involved personally in this). However, I dint really have a well reasoned or knowledgeable viewpoint.

I do have a question, though .... is the guy very good at American football?

No he has shin splints and prefers golf.

[El Kabong]

I don't know anything at all about American football. I'm aware of this guy and all the controversy about the national anthem (and wonder why a President is getting involved personally in this). However, I dint really have a well reasoned or knowledgeable viewpoint.

I do have a question, though .... is the guy very good at American football?

No he has shin splints and prefers golf.

Thanks Mr. "You don't live here!!!!!! you can't comment!!!! "




@X the President is involved because it USED to be that before a game (any game) would start the fans and players would all be reminded that regardless of what happens between the whistles, we're all Americans and this is just a game. Likewise a post match prayer (for those who practice/believe/or just want to join in a moment of thanks) typically takes place as well....kneeling is WELCOMED at that point.

[TitoFan]

I don't know anything at all about American football. I'm aware of this guy and all the controversy about the national anthem (and wonder why a President is getting involved personally in this). However, I dint really have a well reasoned or knowledgeable viewpoint.

I do have a question, though .... is the guy very good at American football?

Because being POTUS isn't demanding enough and allows a lot of leisure time to get involved in stuff like this.


But the serious answer is that it's a cheap and easy way to shore up popularity by appealing to the raw emotion of his base plus the patriots in the country who take kneeling during the anthem as a personal affront, no matter what the issue.

[walrus]

I don't know anything at all about American football. I'm aware of this guy and all the controversy about the national anthem (and wonder why a President is getting involved personally in this). However, I dint really have a well reasoned or knowledgeable viewpoint.

I do have a question, though .... is the guy very good at American football?

Because being POTUS isn't demanding enough and allows a lot of leisure time to get involved in stuff like this.


But the serious answer is that it's a cheap and easy way to shore up popularity by appealing to the raw emotion of his base plus the patriots in the country who take kneeling during the anthem as a personal affront, no matter what the issue.

Like beanz says u don’t live here u have no right to discuss it

[walrus]

Like I said Colin Kaepernick should be arrested

On what charge, genius?

He stood on one knee during the national anthem. Total crime in some people's eye's.

He is calling for #whitegenocide of course u like him

[Master]

Like I said Colin Kaepernick should be arrested

On what charge, genius?

He stood on one knee during the national anthem. Total crime in some people's eye's.

He is calling for #whitegenocide of course u like him

Is he? That is a powerful kneel.

[walrus]

Like I said Colin Kaepernick should be arrested

On what charge, genius?

He stood on one knee during the national anthem. Total crime in some people's eye's.

He is calling for #whitegenocide of course u like him

Is he? That is a powerful kneel.

Now u r getting it

[brocktonblockbust]

He kneeled with his knee pads on

[Gandalf]

Like I said Colin Kaepernick should be arrested

On what charge, genius?

That hair is pretty bad. Though to be fair I would like to see Brock sporting it.