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Originally Posted by AmishGangster
Crapernicks kneeling stunt was nothing but a money grab. He or more likely his radical muslim wife, saw a way to long lasting fame and fortune and even love from some without having the embarrassment or work or risk of personal injury of being a mediocre backup QB and he grabbed it.
And before anyone gets on the he was a starting caliber QB, no he wasn’t anymore. He had already all but lost that for good before he strung on his pig socks for the camera. Trent Dilfer won a Superbowl, ijs.
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Well, you're going off topic, but your post contains some things that simply aren't true, and I prefer the truth to be told, so I will address those things.
Kaep's partner, Nessa Diab is a TV and Radio personality having worked for MTV and VH1 a bunch of times, dealing with the most apolitical of celebrities such as snookie, jwow, and Lindsay Lohan, and she currently hosts the number one Hip Hop radio show in the country for Hot 97 in NYC and online. Hardly what one could reasonably classify as a radical Muslim. Do you have any facts which support your contention about that?
In his last year as a starting QB, Kaep had a QBR of 49.2, which ranked him 23 out of 32 starting QB, and a passer rating of 90.7 which ranked him 17th amongst starters. Many point to the departure of coach Harbaugh as a contributing factor in Kaep's slight decline, but even without taking that into consideration, it's still fair to say that he was at least an average NFL starting QB, and if he ended up as a backup, would have been one of the top backups.
He'd already made around 25 million at that point, his partner was also making good money, and top backups make between 4-6 million while typically not abusing their bodies often, so it's reasonable to say that he could have made at least ~5 million a year for a bunch more years in the NFL, and then likely would have had opportunities to do commentary. Yes, he received a nice settlement from the NFL for being blackballed, but that was not even close to being guaranteed at the time of his protests, and he could have made more just remaining as a backup, not even counting potential commentary money. How would it even be possible to plan all that out? "I'm gonna kneel during the anthem. Then eventually the NFL owners will blackball me, and many years down the line, the NFL will have to pay me a big settlement." Kasparov doesn't even play chess that well. It's extremely unlikely. The facts don't support that narrative.
If you'd like to start a new thread or threads about your inaccurate claims we can discuss them further there.
