Salute to Colin Kaepernick: Kaepernick sits during national anthem
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We gotta get these scumbags outta here 
How does he seriously not understand a simple message?
How does he seriously not understand a simple message?
Colin aint taking no shyt this year.
Dillah810
Flat Girther
Just goes to show where America is and where he wants to be. Dude truly understands that this is bigger than him. Too bad the rest of America can't see it.
Dillah810
Flat Girther
Why can't we have our rep button back
I got so much respect for this man 
Anybody see this on First Take today?
Stephen A dropped an interesting bomb.
“Until 2009, no NFL player stood for the National Anthem because players actually stayed in the locker room as the Anthem played,” Smith said, relaying what he’d heard from a friend. “The players were moved to the field during the National Anthem because it was seen as a marketing strategy to make the players look more patriotic. The United States Department of Defense paid the NFL $5.4 million between 2011 and and 2014, and the National Guard $6.7 million between 2013 and 2015 to stage on-field patriotic ceremonies as part of military recruitment budget-line items.”
It's almost ALWAYS about money.
Stephen A dropped an interesting bomb.
“Until 2009, no NFL player stood for the National Anthem because players actually stayed in the locker room as the Anthem played,” Smith said, relaying what he’d heard from a friend. “The players were moved to the field during the National Anthem because it was seen as a marketing strategy to make the players look more patriotic. The United States Department of Defense paid the NFL $5.4 million between 2011 and and 2014, and the National Guard $6.7 million between 2013 and 2015 to stage on-field patriotic ceremonies as part of military recruitment budget-line items.”
It's almost ALWAYS about money.
DynamoEAR
All Star
Reality
Make your own luck.
I'm proud 
, impressed
, and mind-blown all at the same time by this.
If you'd told me in 2013 that a high-profile NFL player would take a lot of heat for protesting during the national anthem, and ask me to guess who it was, I guarantee Kaep would not have been one of the first 10 or even 25 people I'd name. I have nothing but respect for his stance and how he's articulated it throughout this entire saga.
, impressed, and mind-blown all at the same time by this. If you'd told me in 2013 that a high-profile NFL player would take a lot of heat for protesting during the national anthem, and ask me to guess who it was, I guarantee Kaep would not have been one of the first 10 or even 25 people I'd name. I have nothing but respect for his stance and how he's articulated it throughout this entire saga.