Watching MNF on ESPN. They’re falling all over each other to explain why Brown’s SUCH a quality man and asset to a team and how strongly he feels about giving his all to his team and blah blah fucking blah.
As the ONE female on the broadcast team just said, the league is watching the civil suit VERY carefully. If he’s found to have raped the woman he is accused of raping, well- they will revisit their decision.
Meanwhile, remind me of what felony crime Colin Kaepernick committed that caused him to lose his career?
I’m sorry, but in a world where Geno Smith is paid to be a backup qb there’s room for Kaepernick. As a Pats fan I was hoping they would pick him up but it was hard to criticize them after the signed Newton.
It’s a mistake to ascribe any racial or political motive to NFL owners’ actions regarding Brown and Kaepernick. It’s really just as simple as money.
They blackballed Kaepernick because they knew fans might stop watching games and buying merchandise if he were suited up, and the contributions he was likely to make as a player were too meager to risk those losses.
They’re willing to take Brown back because his return may entice fans into watching, buying merchandise and betting on fantasy sports. And they can always ban him if he fucks up again.
If Kaepernick were great and Brown mediocre, the stories would be reversed, and the ESPN guys would be singing Kaepernick’s praises.
I’m not saying this is right. It’s despicable. It’s especially despicable that so more NFL fans are willing to boycott a sideline-kneeler but not an accused rapist. But for ESPN and the NFL, it’s just about money.
Sure, but the reason that fans might boycott Kaepernick is due to racism. It’s not because Kap himself is black, but because he thinks the lives of black people are more important than a patriotism ritual.
Such as the President demanding that Kaep not be hired?
This blindingly obvious violation of rights aside, the owners are very much pandering to the racism of their fans. They are allowed to do so, it doesn’t violate the law, but we can also criticize them for it.
That is a weird one. Pete Carroll seems to really like Colin, and has a good relationship with him, even talked with him about where he should go with his career. Colin tried out with the Seahawks but Pete indicated that he was worried if he signed him as a backup he’d lose the opportunity to sign as a starter elsewhere. He now says he regrets not signing him back then. Geno Smith is the QB in Seattle instead.
I don’t think they passed on Colin for political purposes. If any team doesn’t care about that stuff, it’s Seattle. They had people kneeling and players were very open about their feelings on police brutality. Duane Brown left Texas for Seattle in part because he was tired of a suppressive culture that didn’t let people express their feelings. I’m pretty sure that we don’t know the real reason that Colin didn’t sign. My personal opinion is that Colin wanted more money than a backup QB would normally get and Seattle wasn’t willing to meet his price tag.
Missed edit window. Did you read the story I linked? Carroll denied that kneeling had anything to do with it, so it’s his word against some unnamed “source” Schefter claimed to have. Schefter was just spreading rumors, which he 's not shy about doing.
As far as I can tell (and please correct me if I’m wrong), no Seahawks knelt in 2018. That was the year the league announced (and almost immediately took back) a policy that required players to stand or wait in the locker room or face stiff penalties.
It mostly died that year across the league and only really came back this season. It’s entirely credible that a team would be worried about bringing that conversation back after it appeared to be dying down.