Posted on 09/20/2019 10:58:02 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
Martin Luther King III believes that Colin Kaepernick could easily return to football — but thinks it will require some help from NFL fans. The human rights activist and oldest living child of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., recently told TMZ Sports that Kaepernick could get back into the league “overnight” with the public’s help. The NFL star, 31, has been out of work for over 900 days, according to USA Today, since he left the 49ers in March 2017. He sparked controversy after starting the #TakeAKnee movement during an August 2016 preseason game, when he chose to kneel rather than stand during the national anthem in protest of racial injustices, including police brutality. In 2018, Kaepernick filed a collusion grievance lawsuit against the NFL, which was settled out of court in February of this year, according to a statement from his attorneys. “What would change it overnight is if the public decided to say ‘Okay were not going to watch,’ ” King III told TMZ Sports. “But it’s a complicated situation, because what about the guys who are playing?” he added. “That’s their jobs, that’s their livelihood, they don’t need to have to stop playing, but by the same token, I would say the majority of them, agree or empathize.” King III explained that although the “industry did blackball” Kaepernick, “there might be some owners that are empathetic,” sharing that he “had heard that a couple of owners might employ him.” He added, “He certainly is one of the most talented quarterbacks even today, probably. There are times when you need a strategic quarterback who has a proven record, and certainly, Colin Kaepernick is one of those.” The Inquisitr reported that already in the first two weeks of the 2019-2020 NFL season,
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Perhaps MLK III should boycott Golden Coral. He sure hasn't missed too many meals. How many "oppressed" people must starve because of his eating habits? We can either boycott because of the kneeling, or boycott because no team wants an overrated washed up troublemaker. SO lemme get this straight, it's racist to boycott the NFL, but we should boycott the NFL until Krappydick finds a home? To quote Vinnie Barbarino
What an idiot. Kaepernick is the reason football viewership is down.
too late....already done..(mostly)....I do take interest in aa couple of local players doing well..
LOL. Pretty soon everybody will be boycotting the NFL.
Boycott all you want until the NFL is dead and all the misfits that play for them are on welfare or in prison.
FU King and your National Felon League...
Stay in your lane, MLK3 and let the public make up their own minds.
Just because you have dranketh of the Social Justice Kool-Aid for your whole life, doesn’t mean others also wish to do it too.That would be an empty gesture.
What if people began boycotting some of your MLK family businesses due to your Dad’s record of communist connections, marital infidelity and even possibly rape?
Is Colin Kaepernick even good enough to qualify as an active player for ANY professional football team any more? He has been away from the game for a couple seasons, and may have lost his edge just a little...
Besides, why would he want to get back into a situation where Traumatic Brain Injury is a very real hazard?
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a recognized syndrome that may be traced directly to repeated TBI incidents.
Let’s just boycott white people. Does anyone know how we do that?
Wouldn’t it be nice if the owners bound together like the Maritime Association did years ago. The Stevedores Union would single out companies one-at-a-time to strike and, fearing market loss, the shipping company would cave in. Then one day, a shipper said: Let’s stand together and, when one company gets struck, we all shut down. That put such a strain on the union’s war chest that the union essentially dissolved. If the owners got together and said the most they are going to pay any player is $200,000, what are the players going to do? Many of them have virtually no other job opportunities, since they majored in GYM 101 throughout most of their college career. There are exceptions, but they are that: exceptions. As to the Sherman Antitrust act, they should use the same defense the Maritime Associate used. And it you’re going to use the SA to go after them, you need to include the American Medical Association, the National Education Association, and the American Bar Association as they are no different than any other union.
Maybe he could play for the Dolphins. They seem to be playing for the next draft pick, anyway.
Maybe we should have a “Day without Whites” as these idiots have tried with illegals and Mexicans.
Even in liberal land we could get enough conservative whites to sit it out. Then see how it really is.
Free Kaep, free Kaep, free Kaep!
Oh wait! He wants to be owned by a white Massa:-)
Just do it! #boycottnfl Racism, communism, concussions, wife beating, other criminal behavior, gun control, global warming... Pick a reason and boycott them.
Lost his edge? He didn’t have one anymore. In his last season out of 11 starts, he only won 1.
Oh and taxpayer funder stadiums, boycott them for that too.
Maybe he could play for the Dolphins.
OR
The Bengals — they have a knack for picking the worst of the worst. I’m surprised they haven’t picked him already.
Only a few sycophant fans want him.
Most teams don’t.
Most fans don’t.
What makes him so special?
Dozens of comparably qualified QBs have graduated from colleges/universities since Kaepernick took a knee. Let them have their turns.
Not to far from the democrat platform; free crap!
Hey idiot, the problem is he sucks at football.
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