It’s not clear why Kaepernick has chosen to push the slavery angle, but not difficult to understand why NFL owners would be loath to hire someone who might one day point his accusing finger at them if things turned sour, writes @SubBeck. @TomJoyceSports.https://www.splicetoday.com/politics-and-media/ta-nehisi-coates-doesn-t-or-can-t-understand-the-colin-kaepernick-affair#.XeUch2ZYNj8.twitter …
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Sorry Jeet, but Kaepernick can't be compared to Ali in any way. Had he been the NFL's equivalent of Ali, he would have been signed by another team the instant he left the 49ers, though it's doubtful the 49ers would have released him.
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So only free speech for the very greatest athletes, not merely very good ones? I'm not sure I understand the principle here. There's a long history of the bosses trying to silence black athletes and it's not a pretty one. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fifty-years-after-the-black-14-were-banished-wyoming-football-reckons-with-the-past/2019/11/30/fb7e9286-e93d-11e9-9c6d-436a0df4f31d_story.html …
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-Kaep was a backup when he decided to test FA. -Boxers are independent contractors -Does racism really exist in the NFL & this not a leftist political stunt? -Would any newspaper or media company hire a journo that constantly attacked their core business mission & bottom line?
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