Colin Kaepernick Ready to Stand for National Anthem, ESPN Reports

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Colin Kaepernick plans to stand during the national anthem next season rather than continue to kneel in protest like he did last year, ESPN reported Thursday.

Sources told ESPN that Kaepernick said he doesn’t want his protest to detract from positive changes he has seen take place since last year. The sources did not elaborate on what the positive changes were, specifically, other than to say the amount of discussion on issues of social, racial, and economic justice had been important to him.
http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/colin-kaepernick-stand-national-anthem/2017/03/02/id/776615/

Guess Obama's OFA did not write a big enough check, so he now realizes he has to earn it by being a good boy for a change.

[Frank Cannon]

I would rather see him stand for an unemployment line.

[Lando Lincoln]

Meanwhile in an unrelated matter, Colin Kaepernick is unemployed.

[skeeter]

I would rather see him stand for an unemployment line.

.. or stand in line for tickets to see a game.

[dfwgator]

Of course it will be the Canadian National Anthem.

[SirLinksALot]

SOURCE: HOTAIR

URL: http://hotair.com/archives/2017/03/02/go-figure-new-free-agent-colin-kaepernick-decides-to-stand-for-national-anthem-next-season/

by AllahPundit


He told the world he was opting out of his 49ers contract to test the market two days ago. Two days later, meet the newly de-woke-ified Colin Kaepernick.

Quarterback Colin Kaepernick will stand during the national anthem next season, sources told ESPN on Thursday.

Kaepernick no longer wants his method of protest to detract from the positive change he believes has been created, sources told ESPN. He also said the amount of national discussion on social inequality — as well as support from other athletes nationwide, including NFL and NBA players — affirmed the message he was trying to deliver…

Kaepernick said the discussion about social inequality should include all people, and he plans to continue raising money for the underprivileged and presenting the “Know Your Rights” camps nationwide that he started last year.

“No longer wants his method of protest to detract from the positive change he believes has been created” is quite the gassy euphemism for dropping his protest now that it might hurt his paycheck. This guy must be the only liberal in America who’s less eager to protest now that Trump is in office.

His numbers were decent enough last season to warrant some free-agent interest now (16 TDs, 4 INTs) but not so hot as to considerably lighten the load of his political baggage for an interested GM. A possible compromise: He’ll drop the anthem protest, sure, but he’ll have to do something new and more low-key to save face among his left-wing fans. Maybe he’ll take to wearing one of those Castro t-shirts he seems to like so much, or the socks with pigs as police, on the sidelines before games? He has to do something to clear the air of the stench of “sellout.” It’s overpowering.

Via Breitbart, here’s Colin Cowherd reflecting on the obvious.

CLICK ABOVE LINK FOR THE VIDEO

[uglybiker]

Of course, now we know the real reason he didn't stand up.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsBzJDJzWw8

[Sanguine]

He can sit on his head for all I care.

But, it is sad to see a nominally talented young man throw his life away.

[goatprairie]

One bigger problem is that some major sports (football, basketball) have SJWs for commissioners.  Goodell could have stopped the protests in the bud, but he went along with them and even praised the idiots.  He should have known that half the pro football fans are conservatives who love their country and don't want to see it disrespected by some moron of an athlete making in one year what most people will not make in their lifetimes. 

[geronl]

Yet Goodell would not let the Cowboys put little stickers on their helmets to honor those police officers who were killed.

[truth_seeker]

Woe be to the team that picks him up.

I would support a player that stood up for players' safety like race drivers for instance.  But not his anti-American stuff.

[240B]

I'm still following this and Colin is still unemployed. He decided to make the NFL all about him and his supposed 'protest'. Now, nobody will touch him. And that is a good thing.

Owners and coaches want the game to be about the team and about football. Colin was hijacking all that and was making the game all about him, and his grievances. So the NFL is giving him the opportunity to pursue his new career as a Black civil rights leader. The NFL is telling him, "You can 'protest' all you want to, but you can't do it on MY dime."

[Oceander]

Wonder if he's a flat-earther like some of the fools in the NBA.

[EC]

Cropped up on my feed. Don't give crap one about sports or those who get overpaid to run around a field, but remembered this thread:

Spike Lee calls lack of suitors for Colin Kaepernick 'fishy'



NEW YORK -- Spike Lee says it's "fishy" that former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick remains an NFL free agent.

Kaepernick's season-long protest of the "Star Spangled Banner" ahead of 49ers games became a topic of national debate last season. Kaepernick was protesting police treatment of minorities in the country. He has indicated he plans to stand for the anthem next season.

Lee wrote on Instagram Sunday that he had brunch with Kaepernick in New York. The director questioned what crime Kaepernick has committed. He says the quarterback's lack of suitors "smells mad fishy to me."

Lee is suggesting his hometown New York Jets take a look at Kaepernick.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/spike-lee-calls-lack-of-suitors-for-colin-kaepernick-fishy-1.3332593

[goatprairie]

Cropped up on my feed. Don't give crap one about sports or those who get overpaid to run around a field, but remembered this thread:

Spike Lee calls lack of suitors for Colin Kaepernick 'fishy'



NEW YORK -- Spike Lee says it's "fishy" that former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick remains an NFL free agent.

Kaepernick's season-long protest of the "Star Spangled Banner" ahead of 49ers games became a topic of national debate last season. Kaepernick was protesting police treatment of minorities in the country. He has indicated he plans to stand for the anthem next season.

Lee wrote on Instagram Sunday that he had brunch with Kaepernick in New York. The director questioned what crime Kaepernick has committed. He says the quarterback's lack of suitors "smells mad fishy to me."

Lee is suggesting his hometown New York Jets take a look at Kaepernick.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/spike-lee-calls-lack-of-suitors-for-colin-kaepernick-fishy-1.3332593

Yes, because all NFL teams want a mediocre qb who will create negative feelings towards their team.  All these idiot activists just don't understand their own country. Only in America can a person making 19 million dollars a year complain about being oppressed.

[240B]

Colin thought his 'protests' would make him a hot-ticket. He thought he was increasing his fame and his value. What he did not realize is that disrespecting the flag is the wrong way to get famous. He did get the fame that he wanted, but he pissed off the NFL and a huge number of football fans doing it. Even many Black Americans were offended by what he was doing. He helped nobody. He accomplished nothing. And he destroyed his career doing it.

[Sanguine]

Colin thought his 'protests' would make him a hot-ticket. He thought he was increasing his fame and his value. What he did not realize is that disrespecting the flag is the wrong way to get famous. He did get the fame that he wanted, but he pissed off the NFL and a huge number of football fans doing it. Even many Black Americans were offended by what he was doing. He helped nobody. He accomplished nothing. And he destroyed his career doing it.

I don't think he thought that far ahead.  Thinking doesn't seem to be his long suit.

[Lando Lincoln]

Colin thought his 'protests' would make him a hot-ticket. He thought he was increasing his fame and his value. What he did not realize is that disrespecting the flag is the wrong way to get famous. He did get the fame that he wanted, but he pissed off the NFL and a huge number of football fans doing it. Even many Black Americans were offended by what he was doing. He helped nobody. He accomplished nothing. And he destroyed his career doing it.

Yes.  He failed to understand he is just a bit player in a multi-billion dollar brand and the NFL takes seriously anything that threatens the brand.  It will be interesting to see if any goofy owner thinks CK is worth the price. 

[240B]

Yes.  He failed to understand he is just a bit player in a multi-billion dollar brand and the NFL takes seriously anything that threatens the brand.  It will be interesting to see if any goofy owner thinks CK is worth the price.

Might be worth it just for the novelty. But at this point, he's not going to get much money.

[Lando Lincoln]

From the Spike Lee article:

The director questioned what crime Kaepernick has committed. He says the quarterback's lack of suitors "smells mad fishy to me."

Well Spike... so what?  CK is marketing a product.  Apparently, it is a tainted product.  Thus far, NFL owners have opted not to engage the services (or product) CK is offering. 

It's not difficult Spike.

[skeeter]

Cropped up on my feed. Don't give crap one about sports or those who get overpaid to run around a field, but remembered this thread:

Spike Lee calls lack of suitors for Colin Kaepernick 'fishy'



NEW YORK -- Spike Lee says it's "fishy" that former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick remains an NFL free agent.

Kaepernick's season-long protest of the "Star Spangled Banner" ahead of 49ers games became a topic of national debate last season. Kaepernick was protesting police treatment of minorities in the country. He has indicated he plans to stand for the anthem next season.

Lee wrote on Instagram Sunday that he had brunch with Kaepernick in New York. The director questioned what crime Kaepernick has committed. He says the quarterback's lack of suitors "smells mad fishy to me."

Lee is suggesting his hometown New York Jets take a look at Kaepernick.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/spike-lee-calls-lack-of-suitors-for-colin-kaepernick-fishy-1.3332593

If Spike Lee smells something stinky he'd best first check his filmmaking career.

Maybe thats why he's toying with the idea of becoming an NFL talent scout.