# Were you surprised by the backlash from Kaepernick, other athletes kneeling vs. the public **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 22, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-surprised-by-the-backlash-from-kaepernick-other-athletes-kneeling-vs-the-public/842146 "2019-10-22T17:20:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 265
**Author:** ![Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-surprised-by-the-backlash-from-kaepernick-other-athletes-kneeling-vs-the-public/842146/265 "2020-06-15T17:48:37Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > So which is it? Did you not care for kneeling? Or did you not see it as a big deal? Because I don’t think both can be true at the same time. And who the fuck cares what Boomer Esiason thinks? I thought you were going to stick with offering only your own opinions. No, I did not care for kneeling, I thought that it was a big distraction and it should have not been so discussed. I approve of players kneeling. I don’t think it is disrespectful to the flag, but a lot of people do, especially Boomer Esiason. A lot of people care what Esiason thinks…he is paid on WFAN/CBS as a commentator to speak his mind…he plays well with a lot of white blue collar listeners. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-surprised-by-the-backlash-from-kaepernick-other-athletes-kneeling-vs-the-public/842146)._