Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid kneel in protest during the national anthem.
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The NBA has already seen demonstrations against police brutality.
He said he hasn’t discussed the issue with his Thunder teammates yet.
“Oh, no question. I truly believe it will”, Oladipo told Russ Bengtson of Complex Sports.
Most Americans think San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s refusal to stand for the national anthem is unpatriotic but support his right to free speech, while almost half do not think the National Football League should penalize him, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday.
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“A few people, just in general, I’ve had conversations with about that”.
What I think is more important than Colin Kaepernick refusing to stand for the National Anthem is the widespread disregard for 4USC1 paragraph 8a on the display of the American Flag. Season 20’s upcoming premiere saw Matt and Trey looking to weigh in on the Colin Kaepernick National Anthem controversy, the reworked version of which you can hear right now. Wait, someone just took my stuff, I need to call the cops.
The video ends hating cops and praising Kaepernick again, but we have a feeling that if it kept going, there would be a lot of back-and-forth.
During the New England Patriots game against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, safety Devin McCourty and tight end Martellus Bennett stood for the anthem, but also raised their fists when it ended. Smith says that the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. National Guard paid the NFL more than $10 million combined to pull of the move.
Butch Jones is aware of the social activism taking place on NFL fields around the country, but the Tennessee coach hasn’t considered the implications of his players taking a similar stance because they aren’t on the field for the national anthem.
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Earlier this week he tweeted, “I’m aware people have a constitutional right to disrespect our flag”.
