His sponsor, Air Academy Federal Credit Union, responded by dropping him following the stunt.
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The AAFCU is an organization geared toward assisting military families, and was chartered in 1955 as a way to serve the Air Force Academy’s cadets and officers and their civilian relatives.
In a statement on Facebook, AAFCU’s president and CEO Glenn Strebe wrote that Marshall’s actions were “not a representation of our organization and membership”.
In addition, Marshall wanted to make it clear that he isn’t against the military or police, just “social injustice”.
Marshall tweeted Friday that he received a text message from Kaepernick after Thursday’s game which said, “Congrats” and “Give me a call”.
Marshall decided not to stand as a sign of a solidarity with San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick. US Soccer star and Seattle Reign player, Megan Rapinoe, recently joined in on the protests before a match.
“Absolutely, they’re worth the consequences”, Marshall said.
“Marshall added”, Let’s come up with a strategy for all these games”. His simple gesture quickly garnered both support and criticism, with players such as Drew Brees saying he should find another way to express his opinion, and members of the military lending their support to his right to highlight the issue of social injustice. Marshall, like Kaepernick, said he would continue to kneel during the anthem and promised to donate to charities like Wounded Warriors, the Post reported. This is our only platform to really be heard. “As a man, you can go home and put your head on your pillow and feel good with what you believe and what you stand in, then that’s OK with me”. Wagner told the media that “anything we want to do, it’s not going to be individual”.
It didn’t take long for Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall to see real backlash for his decision to kneel during the national anthem Thursday night.
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Though not everyone has positively received the linebacker’s protest, Broncos coach Gary Kubiak spoke positively about Marshall on Friday. “Brandon has a right to his beliefs and I’m going to focus on the football”.
