To me, it is beyond the frames of football, and it would be selfish of me to do otherwise. He said the choice he made was “bigger than football”, adding that “there are bodies in the street. and getting away with murder”. “That flag gives you the right to do whatever you want and I understand that”.
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“No one’s tried to quiet me and, to be honest, it’s not something I’m going to be quiet about”, he said.
Management 49ers issued a statement in which it says that Americans have the right to protest against the national anthem or support.
Kaepernick is in competition to win back the starting quarterback job in San Francisco that he lost to Blaine Gabbert last season.
Following the police shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile in July, which were captured on video and spurred protests across the country, New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony reached out to fellow athletes on social media, urging them to “step up and take charge”.
Some fans this weekend were burning jerseys days after San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was spotted sitting during the national anthem. I had a brother that served and he lost friends.
The national anthem is and always will be a special part of the pre-game ceremony. “You have people that practice law and our lawyers and go to school for eight years, but you can become a cop in six months and don’t have to have the same amount of training as a cosmetologist”.
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Kaepernick told NFL Media yesterday that he chose to stay seated during the playing of the anthem at a game against the Green Bay Packers to show solidarity with “people that are oppressed”. “Regardless of how you feel about things that are going on in America today, and the things that are going on across the world with gun violence and things of that nature, you’ve got to respect the flag, and you’ve got to stand up with your teammates”. “And I think that’s an opportunity right there just to show respect”. “But from a personal standpoint, I think you have to stand out there with your team and understand that this is a game and understand that what’s going on in the country”. “When there’s significant change and I feel like that flag represents what it’s supposed to represent, this country is representing people the way that it’s supposed to, I’ll stand”.
