it s a perennial feature of american life since the dawn of the country, but i d say the events of 2014 were a big part of it. that s the year a police officer shot and killed 18-year-old michael brown in ferguson, missouri. that results in huge protests in that city, but also across the country and those protests was part of what inspired the then quarterback of the san francisco 49ers, colin kaepernick, to remain seated during the national anthem during the 2016 preseason. he explained quote, i m not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. to me, this is bigger than official and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. there are bodies in the street, people getting paid leave and getting away with murder. kaepernick started getting bad backlash for sitting including from a former player named nate boyar. kaepernick reached out to him and boyar suggested taking a
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the hitch might be attorney general sessions on whether he would go along with this. but i think if president trump said to, then he would. roger goodell all said we re trying to stay out of politics. at this point is it possible? i said good luck. they are deeply into politics. do you know what? i think what we all know is that politics has permeated almost every part of our lives. friendships, neighborhoods, where people live. all of it. it is sad. i do think i had nate boyar on the other night, former green beret and nfl player. he said he would love to see colin kaepernick come together and have a meeting on this. i think the thing takes on a hint that they re for show. you think of the beer summit which ended up in some ways being sort of, i don t know, maybe a fansful exercise and not much more. wouldn t it be interested to see them sit down together and say, what are your grievances?
later today. the nfl draft wrapped up this weekend, one of the coolest stories is about a player who went undrafted. seahawks signed nate boyar. he served three tours of duty. afterwards he joined the university of texas to play as their long snapper. he started for three years for the longhorns. he will get a chance to compete for a roster spot. it turns out manny pacquiao had a tear in his right shoulder on saturday night. he injured it training leading up to the fight. the nevada commissioner would not let him take a shot pre-fight to fight the pain. the rematch? it probably will not happen but you can watch the fight on has been saturday night at 9:00
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