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I stopped worrying about what other people did, unless it directly impacted me, a long time ago.

Originally Posted by JGVillages

SF 49ers QB Collin Kaepernick refused to stand for the National Anthem last night prior to their game with Green Bay.He stated "I am not going to stand up and show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color" A few statistics first. With 1155 players in the NFL 68% are black, while in a distant second 28% are white. NBA 74.4% black to 23.3% white. All of these black players are making hig 6, 7, and eight figures annually. Currently Kaepernick signed a 6 year $114,000,000.00
Contract with the 49ers. With a $12,328,766.00 signing bonus, $61,000,000.00 guarenteed, and an average annual salary of $19,000,000.00. Kaepernick's logic I suppose we could say that the NFL and NBA have evolved into USA entities that "oppresses white people" purely on percentage of employment. What he seems to ignore is the fact that professional sports hires its players on their ability to do the job soley, not as Affirmative Action promotes by evening out the percentages based on race not ability. I will state without a doubt that Kaepernick would not be earning the big bucks without his "OPPERTUNITY" to play professional football in the USA. Oppression will always exist in some form or another but considering his status, his actions and comments are a bit hard to swallow.