malbaker86
Gators
Chris Long speaking up too in support of Kap 
Salute to Colin Kaepernick: Kaepernick sits during national anthem
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Dillah810
Flat Girther
Stephen A. Smith Invoked NFL Receiving Money from Military to Refute Jerry Jones
Stephen A. Smith Invoked NFL Receiving Money from Military to Refute Jerry Jones
We’re in the response to the response to the response to the response etc. phase of the Colin Kaepernick National Anthem protest story. As you’ve surely observed, there’s been a lot of productive dialogue and also a lot of screamy nonsense. No need to rehash it all with each new development.
In any event, Jerry Jones went on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas and said, “The forum of the NFL and the forum on television is a very significant thing” said Jones. “I’m for it being used, in every way we can, to support the great contributors in our society – that is people that have supported America, and the flag … For anybody to use parts of that visibility to do otherwise is really disappointing.” He gave a “big pat on the back” to his team, which all stood on Sunday.
Stephen A. Smith responded to Jones’s comments today on First Take:
“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 $6.7 million between 2013 and 2015 to stage on-field patriotic ceremonies as part of military recruitment budget-line items.”
The first part of what Stephen A. was talking about has been written about recently by Tom E. Curran of CSN New England, and Josh Levin at Slate. The NFL, after much negative press, announced this past May it would refund a portion — less than 1/6th the reported revenue — for acts of “sponsored patriotism.”
[Video via @TerryLee__]
Can someone tell me what he said...can't watch videos atm.
Dillah810
Flat Girther
It actually is for a lot of people. There are still many poor people who honestly believe in the "boot-strap" theory, that if they just work hard, they too can become one of the wealthy. A lot of poor people don't realize that the wealthy put systems in place, like spreading the boot strap ideology, to keep the poor poor.
Kinda reminds me of when MLK was doing a march for labor unions, me approached one of the anti-union cacs who was there to protest the march and asked him how much he made. When the anti-union cac told MLK his salary, King told him that he should be out there marching with them.
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
Jews don't salute the fukkin Swastika but nikkas pledge allegiance to the Flag that Accosted ya- Rassy
So they saying 49ers gm want to cut Kapernick but Chip Kelly doesn't want to and want to develop him 
Chip Kelly
Chip Kelly
Dolla$
Minus the bullsh*t...life's great
First white player to do so?Chris Long speaking up too in support of Kap
Rapmastermind
Superstar
Dilfer can drink a tall glass of STFU. LOL @ "Colin is a backup so he should shut up and play". Colin is making MORE MONEY than that average a$$ Blaine. Dilfer loves to get on TV act cocky like he was the reason B-more won back in 2000. Didn't they go like 6-7 games without an TD or offensive TD from QB play? Colin ethered his a$$ in .45 seconds.
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malbaker86
Gators
To my knowledge he is
I want white players to join along...
THAT would be profound as hell..
THAT would be profound as hell..
Chokeholds apparently pay at the NYPD.
The cop whose chokehold immediately preceded Eric Garner’s death two years ago earned a hefty $119,996 from the department in fiscal year 2016, a jaw-dropping amount that’s $20,000 more than what he was making before he was placed on modified duty after Garner’s death.
Officer Daniel Pantaleo also had a sizable pay bump in fiscal 2015, which began just weeks before the unarmed Garner was killed during what should have been a routine bust for selling loose cigarettes, a misdemeanor.
That year, Pantaleo, who has been on modified duty since Garner’s death, somehow made $105,061 with overtime.
His base pay was $76,488 — as it was in fiscal year 2014, when he made a total of $99,915 with overtime while working as a plainclothes anti-crime cop.
In fiscal year 2016, which ended in July, his base pay was bumped up to $78,026 — and he somehow made a total of $119,996 while riding a desk. Over $23,000 of that was in overtime, while another $12,853 came from “unspecified pay,” which Politico New York reported could include bonuses or retroactive pay.
A spokesman for the NYPD downplayed the salary hikes as routine.
“At times, officers are required to work beyond their scheduled tour of duty; this includes officers on modified assignment,” said the spokesman.
But Garner’s relatives — already fuming about the city’s refusal to release disciplinary records for Pantaleo — were outraged.
His daughter Erica Garner tweeted, “This seems like movies. A bad one. No justice, no records, mayor tells me all lives matter. Pantaleo gets a bonus.”
Advocates for police reform also cried foul.
“It’s the epitome of an insult to New Yorkers in general, and particularly those of us who have stood by the Garner family,” said the Rev. Al Sharpton.
“I’m not only concerned about this raise. I’m concerned why is he even on the force?”
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito said it was “appalling” Pantaleo got such an OT haul.
“The vast majority of men and women who serve the NYPD treat the public with respect and are selfless civil servants, but Officer Pantaleo is not one of them. He should not be rewarded for his reprehensible actions,” she said.
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton has said the NYPD has concluded its investigation into the incident, but will wait until after the outcome of a federal civil rights probe into Garner’s death before proceeding with any disciplinary charges.
If convicted of departmental charges, Pantaleo could face a range of penalties, including losing his job.
It’s unclear when the investigation by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office will wrap up. The News reported that prosecutors began presenting evidence to a federal grand jury this past February.
Pantaleo, 31, was stripped of his badge and gun and placed on desk duty in the Staten Island borough command in the aftermath of Garner’s death.
Although the department won’t release his disciplinary records, the back-to-back pay increases suggest he was not disciplined in any way that affects his wallet.
A union rep and a lawyer for Pantaleo both declined to comment on the salary increases, which were first reported by Politico New York.
Mayor de Blasio, speaking at an unrelated news conference, said he didn’t know enough about the raises when asked about them by reporters.
“I don’t know specifically how the Police Department handles assignments for people on that kind of (desk duty) status, so you have to go to the Police Department for that one,” de Blasio said.
After the news conference, the mayor’s spokesman said of the raises, “The mayor has spoken to the incoming police commissioner and this situation will be addressed.” He declined to elaborate.
The news comes at a crucial time for de Blasio, who has made improving the relationship between the NYPD and black communities a central part of his mayoralty.
But in an official statement Erica Garner put out late Monday, she blasted de Blasio for “writing the citizens of NYC a bad check” and said he’s failed to make good on Dante de Blasio’s boast that his dad would end the era of stop-and-frisk policing.
“Mayor Bill De Blasio has not only failed to fully deliver on that promise, but has decided to engage in business as usual by covering it up and rewarding of Officer Pantaleo,” her statement said.
“It is my most sincere prayer that the voters of NYC remember this the next time he asks us for his vote,” she concluded.
The mayor’s office didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
http://www.nydailynews.co .. icle-1.2789313
..... but we're tripping for silently protesting this type of bullshyt during the NFL's paid military recruitment ceremonies.People are just intellectually dishonest and terrified of being ridiculed to stand up for whats, obviously, right.