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Clueless Kaepernick equates NFL draft with slavery
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/clueless-kaepernick-equates-nfl-draft-with-slavery/ar-AAQ9T9f?li=BBnbfcL ^

Posted on 11/01/2021 6:54:27 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET

It shouldn’t be news that a man who believes the Fourth of July is a celebration of white supremacy has other ignorant takes on American history. But the left has made a hero out of former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, so his effort to compare the NFL draft to slavery in his new Netflix special is noteworthy.

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To: dfwgator

There’s a cricket league in England that does, as well as other leagues around the world that have had drafts but no longer do.


61 posted on 11/01/2021 8:43:50 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I can’t imagine his parents don’t regret not picking the Guatemalan orphan instead.


62 posted on 11/01/2021 8:45:14 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: DIRTYSECRET
The mere idea that you are being conned by Kaperdink's ghostwriter and publishing house, ginned up through a compliant MSM, is more than a little sad...this is for you:


63 posted on 11/01/2021 8:51:00 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (Each of you have at least ONE of these in your 401k: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, J&J, and MERCK)
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To: Avalon Memories

*If you are incapable of grasping the difference between a sports draft and true slavery, you are indeed stupid.*

Please tell me what you really think.

Muhammed Ali: “I’m glad my grandaddy got on that boat”. Does that make it ok? He didn’t have to pick up a weapon had he allowed himself to be drafted. Hindsight is 20-20. You’ll see things eventually. I’m working on you.


64 posted on 11/01/2021 9:33:07 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

and he even sued to get back on the plantation...


65 posted on 11/01/2021 9:33:50 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
We need to defund and outlaw all sports scholarships, permanently. If the NFL wants its "talent" given an "education" (complete with ringers to take their tests), the NFL can pay for it. Same goes for the NBA. And no more public funding for professional sports arenas.

66 posted on 11/01/2021 11:00:30 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
He didn’t have to pick up a weapon had he allowed himself to be drafted.

First, you put a single sentence from Muhammed Ali together with your own words that I put in italics above. Ali meant something entirely different from the spin you put on his words.

Second, the military draft, or conscription, is vastly different from being drafted by a sports team.

Drafting someone for a sports team (and by the way, the NFL isn't the only league to do so) means you have the opportunity to be hired by that team. You can turn it down.

When someone is drafted for military duty, he is not being hired for a job. He must comply or go to jail (or worse). Ali was convicted of draft evasion and was sentenced to 5 years in jail, along with a large fine and a ban from boxing. He appealed the conviction and it was overturned by the Supreme Court.

At this point I don't know if you really are this ignorant and stupid, or if you are a troll (could be both). Either way, you are doing yourself no credit with this ridiculous debate about the NFL draft being akin to slavery. If it's "slavery" to earn $10 million a year for playing a game, I would "get on that boat" too if I had the talent.

67 posted on 11/01/2021 11:37:58 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right...)
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To: The Louiswu
“Eli Manning was selected by the San Diego Chargers with the number one overall pick in the 2004 NFL draft, but he did not want to play for the Chargers, so they traded him to the Giants.” Some apparently have the right to refuse.

White privilege. /S

Seriously, the sports drafts are all voluntary, and everyone who plays a sport has the right to refuse to sign with the teams that drafts them. They might have to sit out a year or two, but they can become free agents.

Notice, though, that very few draftees refuse to sign. Why is that? Because they are very well compensated. Slavery? Really? C'mon Kaepernick!.

68 posted on 11/01/2021 11:44:32 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: DIRTYSECRET

except they do not have to play for the NFL, and get paid millions of dollars. They have asked for the job knowing the rules and how the selection process works. Purely voluntary. and Kaepernick begged some/any team to sign him up. If he had any, any value a team would have given him a try.

They do not have to sign contracts or participate at all.

If this is slavery please sign me up. I need the money.


69 posted on 11/01/2021 11:52:07 AM PDT by dirtymac ( Now Is The Time For All Good Men To ComeTo The Aid Of Their Country! NOW)
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To: Avalon Memories

*If it’s “slavery” to earn $10 million a year for playing a game, I would “get on that boat” too if I had the talent.*

And if someone else wanted to pay you $20 million? Where’s your freedom?

If the legality of the NFL draft were put in a courtroom I doubt you’d put a penny on the NFL winning.


70 posted on 11/01/2021 11:57:48 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

When Colon Crapperdick shows me the scars on his back, I’ll listen to his poor negro bullshite.


71 posted on 11/01/2021 12:08:11 PM PDT by MikeSteelBe (The South will be in the right in the next war of Northern aggression.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Well those are the best damn PAID Slaves this side of the middle east!


72 posted on 11/01/2021 12:09:27 PM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: DIRTYSECRET
And if someone else wanted to pay you $20 million? Where’s your freedom?

My freedom would be to decline the $10 million offer and put myself out there in free agency. A person drafted by a sports team has agency. He can make choices. A slave does not have agency and cannot make choices without risking death. And while you're on your high horse about how being drafted by a sports team is somehow akin to slavery, try reading this article: Former NFL player tears into Colin Kaepernick for comparing NFL Draft to slavery: ‘Evil, anti-American spirit’

73 posted on 11/01/2021 12:31:25 PM PDT by Avalon Memories (Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right...)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
2-14 Colon can't seem to understand that slaves typically weren't offered millions...or thousands...or even hundreds of dollars to bounce a ball.
74 posted on 11/01/2021 1:24:40 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: Avalon Memories

*My freedom would be to decline the $10 million offer and put myself out there in free agency.*

Doesn’t work that way. If you don’t know I’m not gonna tell you.


75 posted on 11/01/2021 6:44:44 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET
Doesn’t work that way.

When he was drafted by the Baltimore Colts in 1983, John Elway refused to play for them. In 1986, Bo Jackson refused to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when they drafted him. It isn't common, but it does happen. In this country, we are still free to make our own life choices. That includes people who play sports at the highest level.

76 posted on 11/02/2021 5:50:54 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right...)
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To: Avalon Memories

It isn’t common, but it does happen. In 1983, John Elway refused to play. In 1986, Bo Jackson refused to play. In this country, we are still free to make our own life choices. That includes people who play sports at the highest level.

*It isn’t common but it does happen?*

It’s the EXCEPTION my friend. Jackson was great at both. Elway? They shoda called his baseball bluff. OJ didn’t have that option(when he was a good guy). Wanted to play for the 49ers. The NFL(deep state) got to him. 3 years laster he proclaimed “I love Buffalo” If u believe that you’ll believe he was set up.


77 posted on 11/02/2021 5:12:08 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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