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In reply to the discussion: KING: Ben Fields not being charged is why Kaepernick protests [View all]Chakab
(1,727 posts)33. His advantage how? Everybody with clout in the league wants him gone, and he's getting roasted
by almost every single opinion column in the mainstream media. CNN would have us believe that his piggy socks are a bigger danger to civility in political discourse than the neo-fascist clown running for President.
What exactly do you people think that he's going to gain from this that will replace the perks of being in the NFL long-term even as a back up QB? I keep hearing about how this is all about Kaepernick himself, but I've yet to hear a coherent theory about how he's going to use all of this negative attention and his toxic status for financial post football.
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No, he won't stand because he's a whiny brat desperate to not sink into irrelevance.
NuclearDem
Sep 2016
#2
Oh, poor baby, he'll only have a few million to bat around, not a few hundred million.
NuclearDem
Sep 2016
#7
Not that long ago, I honestly would have been surprised to see nonsense like this posted here.
Chakab
Sep 2016
#11
You are saying a white cop beat a black student for talking on her cell phone?
oberliner
Sep 2016
#15
His advantage how? Everybody with clout in the league wants him gone, and he's getting roasted
Chakab
Sep 2016
#33
John Carlos could only find work washing cars for years after an injury ended his athletic
Chakab
Sep 2016
#50
As time passed and the backlash subsided, Carlos was gradually invited back into the fold
oberliner
Sep 2016
#54
You have no idea what you're talking about. He's gone after this season unless he can
Chakab
Sep 2016
#57
Don't play dumb. If a cop weren't invovled, there wouldn't have been an 11 month
Chakab
Sep 2016
#34
When prosecutors investigate average people who've clearly committed crimes, the
Chakab
Sep 2016
#51
The whole league should threaten to go on strike until the government stops murdering black people.
DemocraticWing
Sep 2016
#35