Kaepernick Gonna play at all or sit on his knees ?

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   ahorsebackposted 6 years ago

   Maybe that's what one gets by drawing too much attention to his knees and not to his arms ?
   
   
   
   Perhaps the only time a football player gets paid for his knees and not his throw ?

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      Don Wposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Reminds me, must get new sneakers.
      
      Any recommendations for a particular brand? Go on ahorseback, you know you want to give me a recommendation. Just do it.

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         wildernessposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         Anything over 25-30 dollars is a waste of money...

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            ahorsebackposted 6 years agoin reply to this

            What's the matter with you ?  $400 is just getting to be a quality set of sneaks ;-].............Kind of like an thousand dollar smart phone .
            
            Key word smart ?

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   wildernessposted 6 years ago

   Hadn't heard that there was a team willing to sign him - that he was suing the NFL because all the teams "colluded" to prevent him working.
   
   Who was stupid enough to finally hire him?

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   ahorsebackposted 6 years ago

   At this point it's all just a joke ,  Nike much like any profiteering namesake is going for the attention ..........Question is ,Why isn't Kap playing much at all ?
   
   Oh , ...........get out your Red Ball or Ked sneakers .......

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      La Veeztaposted 6 years agoin reply to this

      Isn’t that the whole point of his Nike commercial? The new ad ran during last Thursday’s NFL opening game.
      
      “Believe in something,” Kaepernick’s script reads, “even if it means sacrificing everything.”
      
      But has Kaepernick really sacrificed everything, or even anything? By 2016, his career was stagnating. He was in and out of the 49ers starting lineup. He voluntarily entered free agency, turned down an offer from the Denver Broncos that would have cut his salary to a paltry $7 million/year and now finds himself more famous out of football than he ever was playing the game.
      He is pocketing more millions from Nike and has cemented his role as a professional agitator and social critic. For a washed-up quarterback, he’s not hurting.
      
      What is ironic is if Nike really wanted to use someone for their commercial who actually sacrificed everything they’d have to use one of the patriots Kapernick insulted by taking a knee during the anthem of the country they died for. But then anyone who actually sacrificed everything for what they believed in would be dead, wouldn’t they.

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         ahorsebackposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         Why didn't they go with Tim Tebow ?

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         Don Wposted 6 years agoin reply to this

         Why do you insist on bringing veterans into this? You don't speak for all veterans.
         
         Many veterans have repeatedly said that they respect these player's lawful, respectful and peaceful right to protest in the way they are.
         
         In fact, Kaepernick got the idea for kneeling from Nate Boyer, a special forces veteran.

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            wildernessposted 6 years agoin reply to this

            Who could ever deny that it was lawful or peaceful? 
            
            But respectful it was not, and Kapernick and the NFL found that out the hard way.  A huge show of disrespect to gain attention is what it was, and it was successful in that - so much so that millions of people lost or disregarded the message he wanted to convey after getting that attention.

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               PrettyPantherposted 6 years agoin reply to this

               In what manner should Kaepernick protest? What would meet with your approval?
               
               I seem to recall your displeasure with Black Lives Matter. I'm pretty sure you don't approve of peaceful marches because they disrupt traffic. I believe I've seen you complain about protesters clogging sidewalks.
               
               What form of protest would meet with your approval?

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                  wildernessposted 6 years agoin reply to this

                  Newspaper ads.  TV ads.  Hold a press conference.  Throw a party and announce his thoughts.  Signs in his front yard.
                  
                  Not exhibit massive disrespect for our flag, our country, and the people in it using another person's venue and location.
                  
                  I approve of protests that do not disrupt the lives of other people.  I'm OK with a march...down a (non-major) street that has been shut down temporarily for the march.  I complained about sidewalk demonstrators that intentionally and with malice blocked the entrance to a specific store (they were arrested, as I recall when violence erupted as customers tried to pass).
                  
                  If the only method you have to gain attention to your "cause" is to disrupt lives - no one will pay you any mind if you aren't causing them physical, financial or emotional harm - then it isn't much of a cause, is it?

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            ahorsebackposted 6 years agoin reply to this

            Too bad we can't trust  some news media to poll veterans honestly ,  I'm sure it would show a dislike for Kap's display in spite of their support of the first amendment rights .

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            La Veeztaposted 6 years agoin reply to this

            “Many veterans have repeatedly said that they respect these player's lawful, respectful and peaceful right to protest in the way they are”
            
            Yeah and that has nothing to do with anything I said.
            
            In what alternate universe does a privileged athlete who amassed $39 million in a single contract qualify as having sacrificed “everything?”
            
            To sacrifice everything, you have to be willing to part with life itself, like so many members of our military and law enforcement risk doing every single day. That is my point which you want to ignore and I never even implied I speak for any veterans nor was I talking about their right to protest. How you got there I can’t imagine except that you want to put words in my mouth.
            
            I just voiced my opinion of what a farce it is to say Kapernick sacrificed anything, let alone EVERYTHING! If he sacrificed everything, hey, I’m getting in that line too.
            
            BTW, I suppose you speak for all veterans? After all, you, not me are bringing veterans into this, I was talking about patriots who sacrificed their lives and are dead. That’s sacrificing everything and I don’t know of any veteran who would disagree with that, do you?

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               Don Wposted 6 years agoin reply to this

               Look up the phrase "figure of speech" and move on.
               
               Otherwise, faux outrage.

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   La Veeztaposted 6 years ago

   Well they could have made a different ad with him but Tim hasn’t sacrificed everything. They actually are lying implying K-nick sacrificed anything - they don’t even know what sacrificing everything means or more accurately don’t want you to know what it means. You might find this interesting https://youtu.be/zmM7TuotgNA

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   ahorsebackposted 6 years ago

   Believe in Something  ?
   
   
   R.I.P.   Pat Tillman
   
   Burn your  Nikes .

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