Pittsburgh Steelers strong safety Troy Polamalu (43) comes in behind New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) as he gets a pass away in the fourth quarter of the NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014 in Pittsburgh.
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“If Kaepernick is on the team and refuses to stand again, I’m sure they will get perspective from Kaepernick, they’ll get perspective from (coach) Chip Kelly, they’ll get perspective from others and report”, Rothman said.
Lions guard Larry Warford, whose father served in the first Gulf War, said he didn’t take Kaepernick’s protest personally, and it is “his prerogative” if he chooses to make a point by sitting during the anthem.
But there’s a wrong aspect to Kaepernick’s position as well, and it’s this: every member of the 49ers organization has to endure the fallout from his protest. He also sat for the “Star Spangled Banner” at two previous preseason games, although the silent protest went relatively unnoticed until recently. But Kaepernick’s protest may show a different type of patriotism, one that has become more popular among Millennials than many that came before them: loving your country enough to question it.
Kaepernick, too, said he is grateful for the free speech he enjoys in America, but has said the country must live up to the equality it promotes. “Now, I think people are really talking about it. I don’t think you can not deny someone the right to speak out or mock or make fun or belittle anybody else’s opinion”. “I will stand very proudly, and I will sing every single line in the national anthem every single time I hear it”, Villanueva said.
The 28-year-old athlete declared he would stand when he feels “like that flag represents what it’s supposed to represent, and this country is representing people the way it’s supposed to – I’ll stand”. Kaepernick did not formally address the media to rehash Sunday’s quotes.
But Jim Brown, former Cleveland Browns running back, said: “He’s within his rights and he’s telling the truth as he sees it and I am with him 100 percent”.
At the U.S. Open tennis tournament in NY, top-ranked American John Isner spoke of Kaepernick after winning his first-round match Monday. “I’m focused on playing football”. Kaepernick posted a career-low 78.5 passer rating and was eventually pulled in favor for Blaine Gabbert, who redeemed his career after three disappointing seasons as Jacksonville’s first-round savior quarterback. Or they might not get the endorsements.
“I think it would be more accurate to say he doesn’t agree with the issues and the problems with the country that are being put in the back seat”.
While many people say they disagree with the decision.
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I’m hearing the usual crap about a lack of respect towards veterans blah blah blah. This stand wasn’t for me.
