Even Without Kaepernick, NFL Players Continue To Take A Knee

“The NFL has proven with their treatment of Colin Kaepernick that they do not mind if black players get a concussion”.

Jackson is wrong about the NFL Players Association being silent on Kaepernick.

Jackson said that if an owner would take the courage and sign Kaepernick for the upcoming season, they would not only be doing the right thing, but they’d get a “good ball player at the same time”. Sure, Aaron played a different sport – but his voice is still relevant given his fame and athletic abilities.

Fans outside the National Football League headquarters on Wednesday said they believed Kaepernick is being unfairly “blackballed” for simply utilizing his first amendment rights. “If you don’t see why you need allies for people that are fighting for equality right now, I don’t think you’ll ever see it”. “It’s always been about racial unity and looking past your differences to achieve some athletic goal”, Whitlock said. “We don’t want to see the National Football League suppress the voice of any player”. I have to stand up for people that are oppressed… “I would love that”.

“We gave him the option, ‘You can opt out, we can release you, whatever.’ And he chose to opt out, but that was just a formality”, Lynch said. “I think it would help him”.

“I really enjoy speaking with him”, Aaron said.

Mara and other National Football League owners seem to be listening to those letters, and in doing so, they ignore everything else Kaepernick is doing.

Others who agree include Steve Young, Emmitt Smith and Dick Vitale.

“[Kaepernick] has gone to all these camps, I suppose, and nobody seems to think he stands a chance to be a No. 1 [quarterback]”. “Here’s a man, a young player, that nearly carried a team to a championship, to a Super Bowl”.

Bryant said black players comprised 75 percent of the league but team owners do not invest in black communities, instead donating $110 million through their association to President Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony. In May, a crowd of about 70 demonstrators showed up for a “show of solidarity” that was spearheaded by 100 Suits for 100 Men, a non-profit that gives parolees free business attire and haircuts to assist them in job interviews.

Kaepernick, who declared his free agency at the end of last season, found little interest in his services as the 2017 pre-season geared up.

“I understand what you’re saying”, Aaron replied. Black Americans are twice as likely as white Americans to be unarmed when police kill them, according to a study released in February.

But a lot has changed between then and now, with the 49ers one of the worst teams in the league and Kaepernick currently unemployed.