but all of this has actually led to some good. people may be surprised to hear kraft say that, but he likes the president and personal reasons behind that. but he was really torn by this, and it really hurt him, at least what the president was saying about the players, especially the sob comments and all of that. and it didn t sit well, as dante referenced by sunday every nfl owner had come out with a statement that was critical of the comment. i m going to read this quickly, it was started by colin kaepernick, this protest kneeling for the anthem. he said i feel like we were hung out to dry. everyone in here is talking about how much they support us. the room fell quiet. nobody stepped up and said we support colin s right to do this. we let him become publicnomy no
quickly, it was started by colin kaepernick, this protest kneeling for the anthem. he said i feel like we were hung out to dry. everyone in here is talking about how much they support us. the room fell quiet. nobody stepped up and said we support colin s right to do this. we let him become publicnomy no one in this country and he doesn t have a job. is the lack of his unemployment is that a sore spot with the nfl owners? yes, anybody in football will tell you that colin kaepernick should not have been up on an nfl roster so far. the fact that colin kaepernick is not in the nfl i think is still a sore spot. but you have to remember, too,
as nascar racing royalty, that would be dale earnhardt, jr., who tweeted around 8:54 this morning, all americans are granted rights to peaceful protest, those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. interesting tweet from a race car legend s family. now, on the other issue of the president s assertion the issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race, that seems to fly in the face of the facts as laid out by the professional football players who have been engaging in the kneeling protest going all the way back to colin kaepernick, the nfl quarterback that started this protest kneeling during the national anthem. his point and the point of many of the other players has been, that this is all about racial inequities in the united states and trying to put a highlight
briggs. dave leg wide show of solidarity. uniting in protest against president trump after a weekend of relentless attacks, the president condemning players who choose not to stand. in said ups across the players locked arms or they kneeled or raised their firsts during the national anthem. some teams skipped it entirely and stayed in the locker woman. room. even the singers, joining the protest kneeling along with the players on the side lines. of course this all began when the president made these remarks at a rally in alabama friday night. wouldn t you love to see one of these nfl owners when someone disrespects our flag, to say get that son of a-off the field right now. out.
kaepernick has not been signed by a team in the nfl because he s being black balled because of his protest kneeling during the national anthem. he can t imagine someone won t give kaepernick a chance to play and asked if his social activism has been a factor he said i don t know that. kaepernick plans to stand for a the anthem next season. super bowl of soccer kicks off this afternoon. real madrid takes on juventus. kick-off for that is at 2:45 eastern. game two of the nba finals. cavs spend two days off trying to figure out what went wrong in the blow-out game. the coach said they have to fix stopping kevin durant from running down the lane and dunking with ease. we have kevin did you rants