[ExTxMarine]

He has the right to protest all he wants and at the same time, the owners have a right to protect their investment all they want.

Funny, I don't hear people crying over the advertisers who dropped Kathy Griffin! And WHY did they drop her from their brand(s)? Because she would COST THEM MONEY!

All these idiots can scream, cry, whine and moan, but the bottom line is simple: he is too much financial trouble when compared to what he might produce on the field! Hell, Michael Vick was a MUCH MORE TALENTED QB, and it took him a while to regain his footing into the league, because teams didn't want the side-show issues that could/would come with having him on the team!

Colin had a right to express his feelings (since apparently that is one of the very few times the NFL will allow you to show emotions on the field) - PERIOD!

But owners have a right to protect their investments and their teams from this distraction - PERIOD!

And MOST IMPORTANTLY, if there is a color barrier that is causing owners to not sign Colin Kaepernick, it is GREEN!

[rlmorel]

Well said...well said.

People have a right to express themselves. But if they are doing it while in a role as an employee, the company also has a right not to have them reflect poorly on them.

I pretty much guarantee, if the dimwit had done this on his own time, nothing would have been made of it. It would have simply been another brain-dead athlete taking up a stupid, baseless, cause on their own time. Sports is full of those.

But you work for fictional John Smith, who depends on Americans buying his product, and you put on the recognizable, iconic Red Blazer (associated by Americans with the John Smith Company) and you go on national television and do things that will become negatively associated with the John Smith Company, (and the John Smith iconic Red Blazer) John Smith (if HE has half a brain) is going to fire you tout suite.

And that is how it should be.

[HypatiaTaught]

Green is the only color that matters...

Like your post!