Nike salutes Kap’s courage with its 30th Anniversary “Just Do It” campaign.

[Yssup Rider]

Again, we're seeing the typical smear campaign as an attempt to revise history and distort the facts.

I'm not an SF fan. And I'm glad my team doesn't have to play against him again.

But to make this about him -- complete with catcalls, disparaging comments and false "facts" about his work on the field -- certainly indicates that he lives inside the heads of quite a few people.

As such, he wins.

Even Tom Brady know that.

[Yssup Rider]

Originally Posted by gnadfly

RMT'd

LOL!

So you got hot under the collar instead?

[SpeedRacerXXX]

Originally Posted by dilbert firestorm

his play was inconsistent at best.

I don't necessarily disagree but he was an NFL starter for 5 years and in the Super Bowl once and the NFL championship twice and his stats were pretty good. Few QBs that ever played the game can make those statements.

He has also donated well over a million dollars of his own money to 41 charities.

[I B Hankering]

Over the course of the season, 10 quarterbacks were worse than Kaepernick, 7 were about the same (plus or minus 0.35 ANY/A) and 15 were better.

To be fair, two of those 10, DeShone Kizer and Mitchell Trubisky, were rookies, with their teams building for the future. Two others, however – Brett Hundley with the Packers and Jacoby Brissett with the Colts – were thrust into starting roles due to injury to star starting quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers and Andrew Luck.

(WaPo)

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[friendly fred]

Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXX

I don't necessarily disagree but he was an NFL starter for 5 years and in the Super Bowl once and the NFL championship twice and his stats were pretty good. Few QBs that ever played the game can make those statements.

He has also donated well over a million dollars of his own money to 41 charities.

If some NFL team, perhaps one owned by that guy Phil Knight from Nike, were to pick him up for their QB, I would watch the exact same number of pro games as I intend to watch this year without him.

Zero.

It is a stupid fucking game which induces head trauma and delayed brain damage. I prefer to watch the Klitschko brothers box and damage other people's brains..

[friendly fred]

Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

I don't hate anybody. Not even Twitler.

Would it be legal under the forum rules to hate anyone in this forum and state it publicly?

I have a list if it it permitted....

[Yssup Rider]

I would hope you wouldn’t want to do such a thing.

[bb1961]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/american-football/45407340 Hey YR the fallout has been pretty FAST!!
So much for the SJW's
New hastag #JustBurnIt

[Yssup Rider]

https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/09/04/nf...justice-issues

NFL Says Social Justice Issues Raised By Colin Kaepernick 'Deserve Our Attention and Action'

By CHARLOTTE CARROLL September 04, 2018

The NFL responded to Nike naming Colin Kaepernick as one of the faces of its 30th anniversary "Just Do It” campaign by releasing a statement on social justice.

"The National Football League believes in dialogue, understanding and unity. We embrace the role and responsibility of everyone involved with this game to promote meaningful, positive change in our communities," wrote Jocelyn Moore, the NFL's executive vice president of communications and public affairs. The social justice issues that Colin and other professional athletes have raised deserve our attention and action."

Kaepernick tweeted the Nike ad Monday that featured a picture of his face with the words, "Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything. #JustDoIt."

The ad prompted support and criticism across the internet. Pictures were shared of people destroying ​Nike logos, while #NikeBoycott began trending as people talked of switching company alliances.

Nike is the NFL's official uniform sponsor, and the partnership was recently extended through 2028.

The former 49ers quarterback started kneeling during the 'Star-Spangled Banner' in August 2016 as a means of protesting racial inequality and police brutality. Dozens of other NFL players, as well as numerous other athletes across America, ultimately joined him. The protests grew during the 2017 season after President Donald Trump criticized NFL players who chose to follow suit. Trump said owners should "fire" NFL players who protest the anthem and referred to them as "son[s] of b------". Players responded by protesting en masse.

Kaepernick hasn't played since the 2016 season. He filed a grievance against the NFL for collusion in October 2017 after another team did not pick him up after opting out of his 49ers contract in March of the same year. He won the summary judgment phase of his collusion case last week.

NFL owners voted on a new national anthem policy in May, and there have been talks that some players are considering different ways to protest.

The new policy removes a requirement for players to be on the field for the anthem and gives players the option to stay in the locker room. Teams will be fined for any personnel that "do not show proper respect for the flag and Anthem” on the sidelines.

[Yssup Rider]

Originally Posted by bb1961

https://www.bbc.com/sport/american-football/45407340 Hey YR the fallout has been pretty FAST!!
So much for the SJW's
New hastag #JustBurnIt

Yep. Nike is laughing all the way to the bank.



But this should make more sense. Even the bitterest among us should be able to get behind that.

[garhkal]

Originally Posted by friendly fred

Personally I think he has every right to protest but that the owners when they were paying him could also stop it from happening.

I think the "stay in the lockeroom or stand" deal is the best solution.

They do have a right to protest, sure. BUT NOT ON their companies time or dime. So to ME that whole 'stay in the lockerroom' issue is a Cave under, because the morons in charge are too spineless to TELL these overpaid hacks, "OI you work for US, so either buck up and tote the party line or find some other firm to work for!"

Originally Posted by I B Hankering

New Balance has had my business since the 90s. Better arch support.

I've often bought them too..


Though i usually just go with Walmart no-name ones.. Same comfort level, 1/3rd the price!

[bb1961]

You didn't address the link...Hummmmmm https://www.bbc.com/sport/american-football/45407340
YOU ALWAYS ASK FOR LINKS

The lefts' view is SOOOOO myopic...SAD

[Yssup Rider]

Originally Posted by garhkal

They do have a right to protest, sure. BUT NOT ON their companies time or dime. So to ME that whole 'stay in the lockerroom' issue is a Cave under, because the morons in charge are too spineless to TELL these overpaid hacks, "OI you work for US, so either buck up and tote the party line or find some other firm to work for!"

Nike knew what it was doing.

I don't remember seeing how "these overpaid hacks" did anything.

Kapernick, on the other hand, isn't an overpaid hack. He's unemployed and got paid. Do you think he should have refused the offer?

If so, on what grounds?

[bb1961]

Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

Yep. Nike is laughing all the way to the bank.



But this should make more sense. Even the bitterest among us should be able to get behind that.

As I said before...only time will tell...IT JUST STARTED!!!
It deals more with love of this country and not TRUMP...your mind is always on him...not on what is best for America!!
I hope you're watching the SCOTUS hearing and not crying too much...it's an exercise in futility, but bless their socialist hearts...their trying.

[Mr MojoRisin]

Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

Nike knew what it was doing.

I don't remember seeing how "these overpaid hacks" did anything.

Kapernick, on the other hand, isn't an overpaid hack. He's unemployed and got paid. Do you think he should have refused the offer?

If so, on what grounds?

Kaepernick wouldn't have the guts or the integrity to turn it down.


Jim