14 Feb 2023 12:42 pm
What people...maybe even you...refuse to either understand or accept, is the under the Collective Bargaining Agreement signed by the NFLPA, the Operating Rules of the NFL are an integral part of the CBA. Under their CBA, the training facilities and the stadium grounds on game day, are considered part of their workplace and all team related activities at those locations are considered time at work. Federal law allows an employer to prohibit an employee, while at work, from participating in any or all protest and to prohibit all protest on their private property. The ownership of the 49ers, didn't have to allow him to protest. If fact, they would have been within their legal right to void the remainder of his contract based on him violating the CBA. Maybe he was pressured...but that was their right.Cannonpointer » 14 Feb 2023, 1:33 pm » wrote: ↑ Sorry, but there is some **** buried in there. The pretense that Kaepernick was not PRESSURED to stand, forced to defend his remaining seated by questions from sports reporters, and a target of anger from the right for not standing? That's My Little Pony world, right there.
The problem was created NOT by Kaepernick but by angry flag fluffers.
Here's the **** timeline - it did NOT START with him kneeling. He knelt out of RESPECT (for his fellow footballer, not the flag):Aug. 26, 2016: During the anthem before a Packers-49ers pre-season game, Kaepernick sits on the San Francisco bench. Kaepernick says he sat because the country “oppresses Black people and people of colour.” His action does not attract immediate national attention. He mentions that he had earlier not stood for the anthem.Aug. 27, 2016: Kaepernick’s sit-down begins drawing headlines. Some condemn him for dishonouring the flag and country. Others applaud his motives. The NFL says players are encouraged but not required to stand for the anthem.Aug. 30, 2016: Former NFL player and ex-Green Beret Nate Boyer suggests to Kaepernick to kneel rather than sit during the anthem.Sept. 1, 2016: Kaepernick kneels before a road game against the Chargers and says he will donate $1 million (U.S.) to organizations supporting his aims.Sept. 5, 2016: U.S. President Barack Obama defends Kaepernick’s protest, saying it is his constitutional right.Sept. 7, 2016: NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says he “doesn’t necessarily agree with what (Kaepernick) is doing,” but supports players who seek changes in society.Sept. 11, 2016: On the first full day of the regular season, several players kneel during the anthem.
None of this silly circus sideshow **** would be an issue if the PENTAGON WERE NOT PAYING THE NFL WITH Y MONEY TO FLAG-FLUFF.