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| Colin Kaepernick |
As free agency kicked off the start of a new football season, the NFL sent a clear message to anyone paying attention:
Colin Kaepernick, you’re still not wanted.
Probably not ever.
Oh, and while we’re at it, it’s pretty clear the owners have every
intention of clamping down on any other players who tries to carry on
Kaepernick’s legacy.
Rattled by another big dip in the television ratings and an
increasing number of empty seats, the league seems determined to banish
peaceful protest from the playing field.
While it’s quite a stretch to say those trends are intimately related
— injuries, bad games and poor showings by several of the league’s most
popular teams were surely bigger factors in the waning popularity — the
guys sitting on what remains an enormous cash cow aren’t taking any
chances.
Since Kaepernick is the one who got this whole thing started by
having the audacity to silently kneel during the national anthem to
protest racial injustice — the nerve of that guy! — his career could
very well be over.
I don't know enough about sports to know how apt this criticism is, but it smells right... and it stinks.
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