Posted on 11/17/2019 9:52:24 AM PST by Rummyfan
During a recess late in a trial where the plaintiff alleged he had been fired due to his race and/or his age, a federal district court judge said to his law clerk:
Sure, this guy was discriminated against. But he wasn’t discriminated against because he’s black and he wasn’t discriminated against because he’s over 40. He was discriminated because he’s an ass***e.
It might well be the case that, a few years ago, Colin Kaepernick was discriminated because he led a mini-movement that resulted in some NFL players taking a knee during the National Anthem. I never managed to feel sorry for Kaepernick, but do believe it’s wrong to deny employment to an athlete because of his political views and the way he lawfully expresses them.
The furor over Kaepernick’s views and antics has long since died down, and the NFL seems to have regained the viewers it lost during the knee-taking controversy. There may have been hard feelings against Kaepernick over the legal action he brought against the League. However, by offering Kaepernick a special workout session that all 32 teams could attend, the NFL showed it will let bygones be bygones, if for no other reason than to avoid future litigation.
As Steve noted here, Kaepernick responded by balking at the terms and conditions of the workout and demanding all manner of special treatment. The NFL agreed to most of his demands.
But this was not enough for Kaepernick. Having failed to get 100 percent of what he wanted, Kaepernick rescheduled the session and moved it from the Atlanta Falcons’ facility to a school an hour away.
Representatives from 25 teams were prepared to attend the session scheduled for the Falcons’ facility. Representatives from eight attended the session Kaepernick threw together at the last minute.
After watching a video of the last portion of the workout, Daniel Jeremiah, a respected talent evaluator, said of Kaepernick:
He looked similar to what he has been. Plenty of velocity, inconst[ent] touch/feel. Looked a little gassed.
What Kaepernick “has been” is probably good enough to win a job as a second string quarterback in the NFL. If Kaepernick doesn’t get that opportunity, it won’t be because he knelt during the National Anthem and it won’t be because he litigated against the NFL.
It will be because he’s an ass***e.
In that case he's definitely headed to the Lions
Indeed.
A Denver weekend “conservative” talk
radio host who voted for Trump
but now criticizes him on air was
just fired.In that case it was part of his job.
Liberals/anti Trumpers are calling that a sad day for the First Amendment.
But his employer,KNUS, had every right to fire him. The 1A protects you against the government, not a private firm.Here the station can fire him because of what he said, because he had lousy ratings—and the government protects THAT right: Freedom of the Press.
Monday Night Football fired Rush over what he said.Freedom of the Press.
Anyway if Colon “Cancer” wants to protest off the clock, great! On the field he represents the team and has been paid quite well by them.
Some “slave”.Yes the teams are “owners” but it’s really his employer.
Most businesses don't discriminate over employees' political views, but they DO take issue with employees using the assets of the business to express their political views.
That's what Kaepernick did when he used the asset of the NFL game to express his political views. He doesn't own the NFL, but by usurping their product for his own views he leaves the impression that the NFL endorses his views.
It's the misappropriation of company assets that got him in trouble.
-PJ
He wore a shirt today with “Kunta Kinte” on it.
He envisions him and Kinte to have received similar treatment.
This guy gives full meaning to the term, delusional.
I think he’ll do fine in the NFL. As long as he can play the game sixty miles away from its site, by himself, and in secret, against nobody, and at a leisurely pace, for only 40 minures.
No team needs this crybaby or the loss in ticket sales.
Exactly. He will bitch and moan and avoid any chance of being picked up. I would love to see someone pick him up...and let him ride the bench at the league minimum. Suck on that Colin.
Okay, so chop off his foot and let him play.
-PJ
Just wish he and the media would shut up. I don’t really what kind of a mess he created for himself.
He took another knee and proved unreliable - if he can’t show for what he’s been sniveling for over a few years, how can he be trusted ....
Because he mediocre talent does not offset his massive baggage. That’s why.
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