Colin Kaepernick refuses “to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people”...
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Yall really feel strong about this so yall gonna boycott or nah? Just think about that, your teams owner could be one of the racist 32 owners didn't wanna sign Kaep cause hes black :#
stop over simplifying it.
i never said i was gonna boycott.. and its not just because hes black its because he took a "controversial stance" and is black period -
playmaker88 wrote: »Yall really feel strong about this so yall gonna boycott or nah? Just think about that, your teams owner could be one of the racist 32 owners didn't wanna sign Kaep cause hes black :#
stop over simplifying it.
i never said i was gonna boycott.. and its not just because hes black its because he took a "controversial stance" and is black period
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and i answered.
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I've been gradually losing interest in the NFL with all these rule changes, can't even breathe on a WR or a QB without the flag being thrown. I prefer combat sports anyway.
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Im personally not gonna boycott cuz Kap knew what he was doing.. its not like he didn't know this could happen.. he's ok with the consequences. I can support him and his movement and still watch football
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Im personally not gonna boycott cuz Kap knew what he was doing.. its not like he didn't know this could happen.. he's ok with the consequences. I can support him and his movement and still watch football
Yup,,, he smart dude, he stayed in college to get diploma -
Kap has been garbage or years, that's the reason he doesn't have a job.
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ThaNubianGod wrote: »Kap has been garbage or years, that's the reason he doesn't have a job.
LOL at this ? . That's not the point idiot. When QB's like Blaine Gabbert, Brian Hoyer, Mike Glennon, Josh McCown are getting jobs and have done nothing in the NFL and Kaep can't get one it's a little bit more than 'Kaep's been garbage for years, that's the reason he can't get a job'. Just shutup and go back to eating cheerios out of Styrofoam cup. -
ThaNubianGod wrote: »Kap has been garbage or years, that's the reason he doesn't have a job.
LOL at this ? . That's not the point idiot. When QB's like Blaine Gabbert, Brian Hoyer, Mike Glennon, Josh McCown are getting jobs and have done nothing in the NFL and Kaep can't get one it's a little bit more than 'Kaep's been garbage for years, that's the reason he can't get a job'. Just shutup and go back to eating cheerios out of Styrofoam cup.
? outta here with this ? . Do you even know how pro sports work? Teams pick backups based on salary, ability to run the system, and youth. Kap really doesn't fit any of those points. Hell, Tebow is white as snow and could find a backup job despite his record.
Kap is garbage now, who the ? wants this ? on his team? If this dude hadn't been on his knees the past season, none of you would be saying ? . Kap's record the last two seasons is 3-16 -
I tried not to enter this thread. I just knew that it would enrage me.
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I thought the discussion was interesting and there's nothing wrong with what Ray Lewis said. The owners and the coaches care about WINNING. It's not the social commentary league, its the FOOTBALL league.
Now if he's being run out of football for what he's said then that's the price he has to pay. None of these supporters will be paying bills and this ? is short lived. There's over dozen players that were in the same boat and they made peace with their decision.
When you look at Muhammad Ali, Tommie Smith and John Carlos they all took their lumps while standing up. That's the nature of the beast, you need to make a decision and take your lumps. It will cost you jobs and money but that's what you're faced with when you start getting into politics.
What Ray Lewis said made no damn sense. Plenty of athletes do and have supported major social causes while still playing. You dont have to make a choice. Kaepernick is a football player but thats not all he is and to try and restrict him to just that is insulting as ? . -
Im personally not gonna boycott cuz Kap knew what he was doing.. its not like he didn't know this could happen.. he's ok with the consequences. I can support him and his movement and still watch football
No you can't,the whole purpose of boycotting is to send a message to the NFL that what they're doing(blackballing
Kap) is wrong. The only thing those creatures understand is finance,you stop supporting their products they'll have to
change their stance or else be without our dollars. This is why We as a people get treated the way we do,because we
can never stick together and stay on code,I mean you can't not watch football for ONE season ? You might think that
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Remember when nfl ran the wildcat for a year n half than teams found a gameplan n stopped it...
Kap used to do that read option college ? with a limited playbook...his accuracy stinks -
Shizlansky wrote: »He's not right because you see examples of some of the GREATEST ever do both
Ali
Jim brown
Bill Russell
Arthur Ashe
Carlos
Smith
All of them dudes are legends in their sport.
So saying he's right is completely wrong.
But he wasn't talking about them. He was talking specifically about Kap. Kap ain't Ali. Ali could do that ? and still be the Greatest. Kap looks like he's going to have to choose. It's not fair, but that does seem to be the reality of the situation. -
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/49ers-gm-heres-one-big-thing-kaepernick-can-do-that-would-help-him-get-an-nfl-job/49ers GM: Here's one big thing Kaepernick can do that would help him get an NFL job
John Lynch has some important advice for Colin Kaepernick
When Colin Kaepernick opted out of his contract with the 49ers back on March 1, he probably didn't think that he'd still be a free agent after four months on the market. However, that's now the reality of the situation.
Despite the fact that he's received solid endorsements from some of the best coaching minds in the game of football -- including John Harbaugh, Jim Harbaugh and most recently, Chip Kelly -- Kaepernick still remains unsigned.
Not only has he remained unsigned, but he's also not garnering much interest. In the four months since he's opted out of his contract, Kaepernick has only taken one official visit, which came with the Seahawks back in May.
In that same period, several quarterbacks -- who are arguably worse than Kaepernick -- have signed free agent contracts, including Mark Sanchez, Josh McCown, Brian Hoyer, Matt Barkley, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Blaine Gabbert and Case Keenum.
So what's keeping Kaepernick from getting a job?
Surprisingly, 49ers general manager John Lynch doesn't think it really has anything to do with the quarterback's decision to protest police brutality and racial injustice by kneeling for the national anthem last year.
Instead, Lynch has another theory: Teams are avoiding Kaepernick because they're not sure he's committed to football.
During a recent interview with KNBR radio in the Bay Area, Lynch revealed what he told Kaepernick during a recent conversation between the two.
"I think, you are having a little bit of an image crisis in terms of not so much what you did last year, but people are wondering, is this most important to you, at a position where the guys that succeed at that position are the guys that live it, breathe it, the CEOs that play that position," Lynch said, via Niners Nation.
Lynch also explained the one big thing he believes Kaepernick needs to do to get a job.
"I think there is a perception that football's not on the top of his list," Lynch said. "And so, my communication with Colin was that your best effort, I think the way you could best help yourself is to not have someone talk for you, not have statements, but go sit down and do an interview, and let people know exactly where you stand."
On one hand, it's a fair point. Kaepernick has been silent over the past four months, which might lead some teams to believe that he's not talking because he's focusing on his cause over football.
On the other hand, there might be a reason he's not talking. Kaepernick might not want to plead his case in the media because he thinks it might make more sense to show teams how serious he is about football during a potential tryout. Unfortunately, teams aren't giving him that tryout, so it's impossible for him to show them how serious he is about playing.
Either way, Lynch says that teams just need to hear from Kaepernick.
"He makes a compelling case as to how bad he wants to be in the league when you talk to him," Lynch said. "And so, I'll leave it at that, but we did have those discussions and I think that would help him."
As for the perception that Kaepernick might be more committed to his cause than football, Lynch isn't necessarily buying that. The 49ers first-year general manager said he believes Kaepernick is absolutely committed to playing in the NFL.
"I would tell you with my conversations with Colin, he is fully committed to wanting to be in this league," Lynch said.
It's definitely interesting to hear Lynch talk about the Kaepernick situation because he's one of the very few NFL front office members that has been willing to talk about it. There's also a good chance that he's talked to multiple executives in the league, which means when he says there's a "perception" that Kaepernick isn't focused on football, that perception could very well be coming from Lynch's conversations with front office members from other teams.
If Lynch is right about the NFL's perception of Kaepernick, then apparently, all the quarterback needs to do to get signed is convince everyone that he's serious about playing football.
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Chip Kelly on Kaepernick:Colin Kaepernick remains a free agent despite some solid stats last season, and the excuses as to why have been exhausting. With training camp nearing, it seems like the 29-year-old quarterback may be without a team in 2017, and Chip Kelly thinks that's wrong.
Speaking to Adam Schefter on the podcast "Know Them From Adam," the former 49ers coach had nothing but positive things to say about his former player. He says the speculation about Kaepernick being a distraction is bogus and he was adored by his teammates.
Here's what Kelly said in full:
“Kap was awesome.
“At the beginning of the year, he made a stance in terms of what he believes is right. We recognized and supported his ability to do that. But he never brought that into the locker room. We had a meeting the day after the Green Bay game that he did it in the preseason, and he explained to all the players his thought process and the mindset of what he was doing. There were some players that agreed with him and there were some players that didn’t agree with him. But after that point, we heard from the outside about what a distraction it is, except those people weren’t in our locker room and it never was a distraction. And Kap never brought that and turned it into a circus or whatever people think.
“[He] came to work everyday extremely diligent in terms of his preparation, in terms of his work ethic in the weight room, in terms of his work ethic in the meeting room.
“I really enjoyed Kap. I’ve talked to Kap maybe three or four times since we both left San Francisco. I know he’s working out hard in New York now. I think he’s a really good person and a really good player, and I really enjoyed coaching him.”
Of course the main criticism towards Kaepernick has been that he'll be a distraction for his off-field views following his anthem protest from a year ago. Giants owner John Mara essentially confirmed this by telling MMQB, "All my years being in the league, I never received more emotional mail from people than I did about that issue," referring to Kaepernick.
The free agent QB remains active on Twitter toward social causes, leading some to believe he's not completely focused on football. Kelly says if any coach contacted him about Kaepernick, he'd tell them that belief is wrong.
"I think people that aren’t in there … when you’re not there, it’s easy to speculate on what it’s like, but he is zero distraction. I like Kap a lot. He’s a really good person. And he really wants to win and he’s highly competitive. He’s got a real good physical skill-set to play the position and has played it at a really high level.
“I also don’t think he played at his top level last year because he was coming off three surgeries. I think the Kap this year will be better than the Kap last year. I would tell anybody that he’s zero distraction and a really talented player who can help you win.”
Kelly's words may not make an impact in terms of Kaepernick getting a job, but at least his comments can dispel some of the rumors floating around about the quarterback. -
Surprised that came from Chip 'Whites Only' Kellys tbh
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Surprised that came from Chip 'Whites Only' Kellys tbh
That's the whole point.. he's trying to change his racist image. #Humbled -
If Colin was kneeling for ? people he'd have a 150 million dollar contract
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Remember when nfl ran the wildcat for a year n half than teams found a gameplan n stopped it...
Kap used to do that read option college ? with a limited playbook...his accuracy stinks
He was a pitcher as well and since I've watched him alot (49er fan) he tends to bullet throw his receivers that they can't catch it.. he's got a he'll of an arm; but tends to jump the gun when pressure comes and throws a whole a lot of lasers that his receivers can't catch -
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chgarcia345 wrote: »Remember when nfl ran the wildcat for a year n half than teams found a gameplan n stopped it...
Kap used to do that read option college ? with a limited playbook...his accuracy stinks
He was a pitcher as well and since I've watched him alot (49er fan) he tends to bullet throw his receivers that they can't catch it.. he's got a he'll of an arm; but tends to jump the gun when pressure comes and throws a whole a lot of lasers that his receivers can't catch
He shoulda played baseball..i heard he was good