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Not everyone. But this started with one guy, a second rate employee when it came to talent. I don’t have to think it is everyone while it is growing so rapidly to include entire teams “standing arm in arm” Seattle.

On opening day, Kansas City cornerback Marcus Peters raise a black-gloved fist during the national anthem, a protest amplified later Sunday when four Miami Dolphins kneeled on the sideline with hands on their hearts as “The Star Spangled Banner” played in Seattle. Sorry, the picture with the article indicated only two had their hands over their hearts.Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall , a teammate of Kaepernick’s in college at Nevada, took a knee during the anthem on Thursday night. And in the night game, New England’s Martellus Bennett and Devin McCourty both held up their right arms. Several players for the Tennessee Titans also raised their fists during the anthem. At least two members of the New England Patriots held fists in the air after the National Anthem at their game against the Arizona Cardinals. On Thursday night’s game against the Chargers, 49ers team member Eric Reid took to a knee in protest during “The Star Spangled Banner.”

And here’s what happens: At Waggener High in Louisville, a player took a knee as his teammates stood alongside him. A number of players had taken a knee as the team line up but eventually rose as the music starting playing. Coach Jordan Johnson said the team will take steps before next week’s game to “to ensure our young men can make a stand for social injustice, while at the same time not showing, what is perceived as, disrespect.”
http://usatodayhss.com/2016/colin-kaepernick-high-school-player-takes-knee-for-national-anthem

It doesn’t have to be everyone. With our media intervention, and the flip flop of the pro teams on leadership, what is being said and how, it gets out of hand and creates a real problem. The big thing about pro athletes, especially football, is they demand respect. They sure as hell don’t give it do they?

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