But all those players who are lucky enough to have a job, some of whom were just as visible and vocal in their calls for social justice, should be pondering what they can do to help get Kaepernick and Reid back on the field.
Maybe a one-day sickout during training camp. Or kneeling en masse before the first game. Perhaps, as a last resort, they should consider an actual strike.
Go ahead make my day.
Kaepernick is simply just a sociopath having fun.
Either one is making a principled stand and accepting the repercussions, or one is posturing.
I can’t tell which is the case here.
Uh, no it isn't. Kaepernick sux............................
Where are all the players lobbying their team’s owner to sign Kapernick? You’d think he’d have some vocal support like this if he is such an unused asset.
It’s a form of NIMBY-ism. Kapernick should be playing...uh, just not on my team.
They can call it the bankrupt league because no one really wants to see or hear over payed athletes whine and bitch.
the definition of “luggage” is anything with more weight than value.
It’s been a complete garbage product for years even without all this kneeling crap. They should just quit playing the game and do chest slapping and swishy celebration dancing competitions for three hours, I think that is what the players are into anyhow.
Freegards
It’s been what? About three years since Kaep has played as a team member and in real time. He’s going to be 30 years old in a few weeks. I’m sure he has trained on his own, and is much better than your average 30 y/o playing Weekend Touch Football, but who knows if he could do the job now at a pro level?
When asked why Kaepernick hadn't been signed even by a team desperate for a backup QB who could start in an emergency, he said: "Because nobody is convinced he actually wants to play football anymore."
I'm sure this is exactly what's going on with that loser. It was reinforced last year when Kaepernick filed his grievance against the NFL for allegedly blacklisting him. He filed the grievance literally hours after it was announced that Green Bay QB Aaron Rogers would miss the rest of the season with an injury. He filed the grievance because he would have had no case if Green Bay called him up and offered him a contract.
and there it is.....
they are lucky to have a job...
because in a sane society big fat stupid arrogant guys like some of these players would be collecting welfare checks and hanging out at the Chicken and Watermelons of the world...
football has just been ruined for me...
I’d rather forget both of them. Forever.
For Reid, probably. For Kaepernick it's very much open for debate.
Yeah, like any team is seeking out locker room/sideline drama queens.
Not even close to true! Kap has won exactly 3 games in 3 years. All of his success went away the moment that Harbaugh left SF. His backup, Blaine Gabbert, had better completion %, fewer sacks, and better YPC than Kap, behind the exact same O-line in the exact same system. If you're Blaine Gabbert's backup, you are NOT good enough to start in the NFL.
Blaine Gabbert, career- 45 starts, 44 TDs, 43 INTs, 11 wins.
Colin Kaepernick, post-Harbaugh- 19 starts, 3 wins... 6.7 YPC (30 QBs were over 6.7, including 12 over 7.9 YPC, in 2017)... now over age 30... 64 sacks in his last 19 starts... 186.8 ypg put him at #34 in 2016... 179.0 ypg put him at #34 in 2015...
Anyone who says "beyond debate" generally means that they cannot justify it and do not want to try.
Just because you have a skill doesn’t mean an employer has to offer you a job! Especially if you are going to bring a negative vibe to the employer and his current employees!
CK has NEVER been a leader, and that is what is desperately needed at the QB position. Very few teams succeed when they have a self-serving player at the QB spot - PERIOD!
And although in Hollywood the saying is “No publicity only ‘bad’ publicity,” but in the real world, bad publicity can get you fired from any where, on any day, at any time!
All of this is a perfect illustration of the public confusion over free speech. Football fields, locker rooms, and training facilities are workplaces. Owners set the rules, unless specific provided for in labor agreements. There is no such agreement in place. The NFL fumbled the ball on the first play and they have been fumbling ever since. They have forgotten that the players are the product and the customers are the fans. It’s not good to annoy your customers.
Consider what you can observe during a strike. The strikers are not allowed on company property and the picket lines must form on public property, not on company property. That’s how all of this works and the players complaints and grievances need to be conducted off the field .
ten years from now the leftist fake stream media will STILL be declaring Kaepernick as fit to play and rarin’ to go ... of course, even the best of quarterbacks can’t come back after a three year absence, much less a proven loser like Kaepernick ...
Yeah a strike. I would love to see a strike.
That will teach us how much we need them....
Sports figures have FAR more opportunity to share their views in interviews, advertising, talk shows, editorials, non-profit collaborations, etc etc etc. They are the LEAST restricted of all Americans, and yet they demand to only make their protests during the one moment that it is most inappropriate, and demand to be free from consequences on top of it. Ludicrous.
Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid are good enough to be playing for someone.
That much is beyond debate
Uhm, actually no, that is NOT beyond debate. That’s the point entirely - if they are SO talented, and their skill levels are SO superior to anyone else, they’d be on a team. Period.