OT: How many kneel downs during the anthem on Monday

[bostonsteeler]

Right there with ya.

I had the misfortune of hearing someone squawk the national anthem at the start of the 2016 vintage car rally in Pittsburgh. Gotta agree with Ruthless.

[SanAntonioSteelerFan]

Not that I agree with what he's doing, but I 100% support his constitutional right to do so. We're in the land of the free, and freedom includes the freedom to do what is unpopular. Brave Americans died so that he has the right to do that without being "disappeared" by a disapproving government.

[Slapstick]

It seems like we really make a point in this country about how protests need to be non-violent...here, a guy protests in the least violent way possible, simply by sitting down, and people still complain?

[bostonsteeler]

It seems like we really make a point in this country about how protests need to be non-violent...here, a guy protests in the least violent way possible, simply by sitting down, and people still complain?

I wouldn't complain. I don't disagree with the principle either. I just don't see society saying -- "hey look, a bunch of folks in the NFL knelt during the anthem; lets stop mistreating black people." Perhaps I'm wrong..

[RuthlessBurgher]

I wouldn't complain. I don't disagree with the principle either. I just don't see society saying -- "hey look, a bunch of folks in the NFL knelt during the anthem; lets stop mistreating black people." Perhaps I'm wrong..

Personally, I always look to washed up backup QB's who can't start ahead of Blaine Gabbert to help guide me in terms of how I should treat people of all races. Don't you?

[BradshawsHairdresser]

Personally, I always look to washed up backup QB's who can't start ahead of Blaine Gabbert to help guide me in terms of how I should treat people of all races. Don't you?

You forget to add the detail of how many millions of dollars the washed up, backup QB has made/is making, as well as how little of his money he has contributed to help the people he's supposedly so concerned about.

[Mr.wizard]

You forget to add the detail of how many millions of dollars the washed up, backup QB has made/is making, as well as how little of his money he has contributed to help the people he's supposedly so concerned about.

He is donating $1 million and the 49ers are also donating $1 million, that's $2 million dollars in charitable donations that has been generated simply by one man taking a knee. Also he is donating 100% of the proceeds of his jersey sales, I don't know what the figure on that will be, but I'm sure it will be significant because his jersey has been selling like hotcakes.

[BradshawsHairdresser]

He is donating $1 million and the 49ers are also donating $1 million, that's $2 million dollars in charitable donations that has been generated simply by one man taking a knee. Also he is donating 100% of the proceeds of his jersey sales, I don't know what the figure on that will be, but I'm sure it will be significant because his jersey has been selling like hotcakes.

Well, I stand corrected, and that's good to hear, because the amount reported a couple of weeks ago was $0. I just read that his protest could also wind up costing him $3 million/year in endorsements, making it an even more significant sacrifice on his part.

Then again, he's earned more than $50 million since coming into the NFL. If he's been halfway smart with his money, he should be set for life, and can afford the $$$$ he's given up for his cause.

[Slapstick]

I wouldn't complain. I don't disagree with the principle either. I just don't see society saying -- "hey look, a bunch of folks in the NFL knelt during the anthem; lets stop mistreating black people." Perhaps I'm wrong..

What?!? This whole time, I was convinced that Kap was the millenials' Dr. King!!!

[squidkid]

He is donating $1 million and the 49ers are also donating $1 million, that's $2 million dollars in charitable donations that has been generated simply by one man taking a knee. Also he is donating 100% of the proceeds of his jersey sales, I don't know what the figure on that will be, but I'm sure it will be significant because his jersey has been selling like hotcakes.

he had donated zero until he got called out on it. thats kinda funny

[Slapstick]

He still donated...the money counts the same either way...

[feltdizz]

I'm skeptical of donations as well. It's easy to throw a few dollars at an org when you have 50 million. The backlash from public opinion is the real sacrifice. People need to understand Ali wasn't a hero and a celebrated figure back when he refused to go to war and gave up the belt. America called him a traitor. Kapernick is being hated on because he is voicing his opposition to police brutality.

Just the other day a police offer who was a former Marine was fired because he refused to shoot an armed perp who begged the cop to kill him. He could tell it was a suicide by cop situation and was trying to talk him down and he was fired over it. Meanwhile a guy in Colorado shoots up a movie theater and is detained alive. A kid kills 9 christians at a church and the police stop at Burger King to get him food because he is hungry. White kids are raping girls, getting caught and the judge is REFUSING to give them harsh sentences because jail would ruin them.

This isn't a game. I know the media is turning it into a cool little story and showing slick camera angles of protest but I don't think a lot of people understand what's going on right now.

[squidkid]

i agree. lots of people are clueless to whats going on