Kaep had a contract. He opted out of the contract. That’s why he is no longer on a team. Why do you keep ignoring that?
it would be helpful if you didn’t repeatedly accuse people of ignoring things they aren’t ignoring. boorish behavior doesn’t further your argument.
yes, he opted out of his contract. if he hadn’t opted out of his contract he’d be playing, which is the answer to why other athletes who’re taking a knee are playing: because they have contracts!
now that he does not have a contract, he isn’t getting a contract because he’s the poster child for inartful civil disobedience, and the rest of the league (the players) is learning its lesson. just, a lot of those players are taking umbrage at this lesson. i can commit crimes, because i’m expected to commit crimes. but this i’m not allowed to do.
Nope. The League has demonstrated that, if you are good enough talent, you get to play.
happy to grant you that if kap lead his team to a super bowl last year, he’d have a contract, because fans will put up with just about anything for their team to win, which is why you can get away with an awful lot of criminal behavior and still play in the NFL. but kap is just marginal enough so that the owners and the fans have the luxury of making an example out of him.
Kaep had a contract. He opted out of the contract. That’s why he is no longer on a team. Why do you keep ignoring that?
it would be helpful if you didn’t repeatedly accuse people of ignoring things they aren’t ignoring. boorish behavior doesn’t further your argument.
yes, he opted out of his contract. if he hadn’t opted out of his contract he’d be playing, which is the answer to why other athletes who’re taking a knee are playing: because they have contracts!
now that he does not have a contract, he isn’t getting a contract because he’s the poster child for inartful civil disobedience, and the rest of the league (the players) is learning its lesson. just, a lot of those players are taking umbrage at this lesson. i can commit crimes, because i’m expected to commit crimes. but this i’m not allowed to do.
Well, at least you finally acknowledged it is his own fault that he is not on a roster. That’s a start.
yes, he opted out of his contract. if he hadn’t opted out of his contract he’d be playing, which is the answer to why other athletes who’re taking a knee are playing: because they have contracts!
I must have missed it. When did the NFL institute guaranteed contracts?
yes, he opted out of his contract. if he hadn’t opted out of his contract he’d be playing, which is the answer to why other athletes who’re taking a knee are playing: because they have contracts!
I must have missed it. When did the NFL institute guaranteed contracts?
bar much harder to cut or sit a currently signed player for civil disobedience. feel free to rebut, but anything else i’ll just be repeating what i’ve already written, so, the floor is yours.
yes, he opted out of his contract. if he hadn’t opted out of his contract he’d be playing, which is the answer to why other athletes who’re taking a knee are playing: because they have contracts!
I must have missed it. When did the NFL institute guaranteed contracts?
bar much harder to cut or sit a currently signed player for civil disobedience. feel free to rebut, but anything else i’ll just be repeating what i’ve already written, so, the floor is yours.
Players can, and are, cut all the time, for a variety of reasons. Players are cut due to injury. Great players are cut for salary cap reasons. NFL contracts are not guaranteed. There would be no reason to try to discipline the other players. They could simply be cut. If the goal is the weed out all the activists, it would be quite easy.
But, the NFL retains skilled players. That’s why these other guys are playing and Kaep is not.
Your claim is that the NFL is out to rid the League of these “activists.” It would be quite easy if that were actually true.
now that he does not have a contract, he isn’t getting a contract because he’s the poster child for inartful civil disobedience, and the rest of the league (the players) is learning its lesson. just, a lot of those players are taking umbrage at this lesson. i can commit crimes, because i’m expected to commit crimes. but this i’m not allowed to do.
I don’t think the issue is activism but rather how he delivered his message. His message is essentially that the country oppresses people of color and that cops are murderers. He then went on to wear pig cop socks a Castro shirt, a Black Panther shirt and he genuinely seems more interested in being an activist than a football player.
I live in Colorado and Denver Bronco’s Brandon Marshall was a teammates with Kaep in college. Marshall was the first player to take a knee or sit during the national anthem prior to a regular season game. He was asked about it following the game and said “I’m not against the military. I’m not against the police or America. I’m against social injustice.” Marshall lost some local sponsorship deals and went on to meet with Denver’s Chief of Police and got involved in a positive way. Marshall shared why he has decided to start standing for the anthem
“Going forward, I will be standing for the National Anthem — not because everything is perfect, or because I’m changing my stance on things. But because of my hope for what we can become. Just because I am standing doesn’t mean the work will end. There’s much work to be done. I’ll continue to recognize and support organizations that are stepping up as leaders and making a real difference in our community, and I will do my part to be there for those in need.”
Both players care about social justice but how Kaep went about it was immature and offensive. That’s not a good combo from someone who’s performance has been going down hill every year since 2012.
Isn’t it as simple as the fact that the owners/GMs would just rather not hire a mid to low-level talent that is more concerned with his social/political activism than getting back to playing at a high level? also, Kaep has probably hit his ceiling already and it ain’t that high…Why gamble on a player like that?
Players that have had issues off the field are usually trying to forget their issues and just play, Kaep aint trying that…
Isn’t it as simple as the fact that the owners/GMs would just rather not hire a mid to low-level talent that is more concerned with his social/political activism than getting back to playing at a high level? also, Kaep has probably hit his ceiling already and it ain’t that high…Why gamble on a player like that?
Players that have had issues off the field are usually trying to forget their issues and just play, Kaep aint trying that…
It actually also puts him on the slippery slope of if he doesn’t perform like he has he will be given a short rope to hold onto.
I also checked his stats and the only years he wasn’t a top back are the two years he was injured. Kaep, not so top of the league in his two BEST years.
Your claim is that the NFL is out to rid the League of these “activists.” It would be quite easy if that were actually true.
Further to your point, if this were the goal, Richard Sherman would’ve been out years ago. Remember this one?
Richard Sherman: ‘Racism Is Alive And Active’ In NFL And America
Or maybe this one:
Richard Sherman Says NFL’s Proposed N-Word Ban ‘Almost Racist’
He has talent worth putting up with the hassle of him running his mouth. Kaep doesn’t. End of story. This isn’t about activism any more than it’s about race. It’s about money . . . just like everything else in the NFL.
That’s some insanely twisted logic, but I expected as much.
Kaep isn’t very good. Lynch is. That’s why they are treated differently.
The end.
On the flip side, had he never sat/took a knee, he’d be on a roster. He most definitely is better than a substantial number of QB who will make final rosters.
