Colin Kaepernick

[Clocker]

Originally Posted by thaskalos

We all have the freedom to make our own choices in this country...

Including the freedom to hold someone in low esteem for what we may consider to be unseemly behavior.

Where was all of this concern and holier than thou attitude when he was a big star at the top of his game?

[Valuist]

It was Harbaugh's decision to keep Kaepernick and jettison Alex Smith. Definitely was the wrong decision. And at the $100 million plus Kaepernick was signed for, a very expensive mistake. A franchise killer, at least for a few seasons.

[GaryG]

Originally Posted by Clocker

Where was all of this concern and holier than thou attitude when he was a big star at the top of his game?

I don't remember any statements like this back then....all he did was sniff his armpits and act like a total jackass.

[Clocker]

Originally Posted by GaryG

I don't remember any statements like this back then....all he did was sniff his armpits and act like a total jackass.

You have more time to contemplate the bigger issues of the world when you are sitting on the bench.

[Clocker]

Originally Posted by Valuist

It was Harbaugh's decision to keep Kaepernick and jettison Alex Smith. Definitely was the wrong decision. And at the $100 million plus Kaepernick was signed for, a very expensive mistake. A franchise killer, at least for a few seasons.

I read that he and Elway were talking about Denver trading for him. But Kaepernick didn't want to take a pay cut, and Elway said no to the money and told him that he would be competing for the QB job.

[thaskalos]

Originally Posted by Clocker

You have more time to contemplate the bigger issues of the world when you are sitting on the bench.

[magwell]

He's a disgrace and a total asshole, but that's just my opinion.....

[Clocker]

Ah, the good old days.

I can’t help remembering, though, the time when Bud Grant decided that his Vikings looked sloppy when the National Anthem was being played. He actually a conducted a practice in how to line up for the Anthem in a proper manner. But those days are rapidly slipping away.

I can't help but imagine how Bud Grant or Vince Lombardi would react to someone like Colin Kaepernick.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archive...d-old-days.php

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Clocker

Including the freedom to hold someone in low esteem for what we may consider to be unseemly behavior.

Where was all of this concern and holier than thou attitude when he was a big star at the top of his game?

I would be interested to see how much of his bloated salary he donates to fixing those problems. OR he just all mouth and ass?

Just hope for the best of all this - someone will see the opportunity to give him a career-ending hit and put the POS on the bench forever.

The jerk is a classless pig. I just hope they get the hit on video so it can be taped and enjoyed for years to come.

[NorCalGreg]

I'm not sure he thought this all the way through....if he had any endorsements, he can kiss those goodbye.

For the rest of his career, (however long it lasts) he'll be boo'ed unmercifully wherever he goes.

I'll bet his agent had a heart attack hearing about this.

He was a model employee when he was signed from the Univ of Reno--I think since his mentor Harbaugh left, and he has his millions...he's free to make his own career decisions.

If France had a NFL team--they would sign him in a heartbeat

[Clocker]

Originally Posted by NorCalGreg

I'm not sure he thought this all the way through....if he had any endorsements, he can kiss those goodbye.

But he has a lock on endorsements for tattoo parlors.

[Clocker]

The NFL responds:

“Players are encouraged but not required to stand during the playing of the National Anthem,” the NFL said in a statement issued Saturday, in response to the controversy that emerged when 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick opted not to stand during the playing of the national anthem on Friday night in Santa Clara, prior to a game against the Packers.

Fans are encouraged but not required to attend or watch 49er games.

[Clocker]

Lots of rumors on the web, not confirmed by any major news source, that Kaepernick converted to Islam over the off season and that he is engaged to a Black Lives Matter activist.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/08/27/controversy-erupts-after-nfl-quarterback-converts-to-islam-and-refuses-to-stand-for-national-anthem/

[chadk66]

there's no cure for douche bag.

[Greyfox]

If I protested a social issue where I worked, I'd have been shown the door quickly.
Chances are you would be too working for most typical employers.
I guess the NFL is not a typical employer.