{"id":12548,"date":"2017-08-08T14:06:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T14:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2017\/08\/08\/is-the-nfl-colluding-against-kaepernick\/"},"modified":"2017-08-08T14:06:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T14:06:30","slug":"is-the-nfl-colluding-against-kaepernick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/is-the-nfl-colluding-against-kaepernick\/","title":{"rendered":"Is The NFL Colluding Against Kaepernick?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NFL pre-season is halfway over and Colin Kaepernick still hasn’t been signed to a team.<\/p>\n

Baltimore and Miami both passed on the quarterback, who gained attention outside of sports circles when he declined to stand in protest during the pre-game national anthem<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, the fact that Kaepernick remains without a team has raised questions<\/a> about coaches’ and owners’ motives. Writing for the The Undefeated<\/a>, William C. Rhoden called the situation \u201ca disgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kaepernick’s unemployment has been explained away \u2014 and, in some corners, justified \u2014 as a reaction to his political protests beginning last fall when he and others knelt during the playing of the national anthem.<\/p>\n

But the issue here is not one player’s politics; it’s possible collusion among 32 NFL owners. Collusion, not politics, is what the players and the players’ association should vehemently be pushing back against.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Are NFL teams too afraid to take on an activist athlete<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Let’s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> (Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n

Source:: http:\/\/the1a.org\/shows\/2017-08-08\/is-the-nfl-colluding-against-kaepernick?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=sports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

NFL pre-season is halfway over and Colin Kaepernick still hasn’t been signed to a team.<\/p>\n

Baltimore and Miami both passed on the quarterback, who gained attention outside of sports circles when he declined to stand in protest during the pre-game national anthem<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, the fact that Kaepernick remains without a team has raised questions<\/a> about coaches’ and owners’ motives. Writing for the The Undefeated<\/a>, William C. Rhoden called the situation \u201ca disgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n

Kaepernick’s unemployment has been explained away \u2014 and, in some corners, justified \u2014 as a reaction to his political protests beginning last fall when he and others knelt during the playing of the national anthem.<\/p>\n

But the issue here is not one player’s politics; it’s possible collusion among 32 NFL owners. Collusion, not politics, is what the players and the players’ association should vehemently be pushing back against.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Are NFL teams too afraid to take on an activist athlete<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Let’s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> (Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}