Will we see players kneel?

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(09-25-2017, 11:11 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Except it is disrespect, or else why would they stand for the UK national anthem?  The UK has at least as bloody and racist past as the United States, so why stand for their anthem? 

My guess is that the difference is they are not from the UK so they are not making a statement about there.

(09-25-2017, 11:11 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: The message is being lost because it was never really the message to begin with.  Kaepernick started this protest and he irrevocably tainted it with his pig cops socks, his Castro shirt/rhetoric and his racist, radical, girlfriend's tweets.  Colin made this form of protest about being anti-America, it is now forever tainted in that regard and anyone with a pair of eyes and ears is aware of that.  Participation in this form of protest carries that baggage now, do so knowing this.

This past Sunday was a result of the POTUS' comments. Period.

The attempt to tie it directly to them somehow all supporting Kaepernick and his socks is wrong and a diversion.