What do you have against CC?
“What do you have against CC?”
He said he would never set foot in the Whitehouse while Trump was president (paraphrased).
CC Sabathia calls Colin Kaepernick ‘brave’ for taking a stance on social injustice. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)
I understand that he feels strongly about something and I commend him for taking a stand on something he feels so strongly about.”
Sabathia admitted that taking a stance on a controversial social issue is “always a hard spot for an athlete,” calling Kaepernick “brave” for his protest. Sabathia pointed to Dwyane Wade’s participation in a series of panel discussions on gun violence hosted by ESPN last week as the latest example of an athlete trying to impact the social issues African-Americans are facing.
“Obviously being an African-American, raising two African-American boys, it’s scary,” Sabathia said. “It’s something that’s going on and something we need to change.”