THE CLEVELAND BROWNS
HAD PASSED ON COLIN KAEPERNICK.
IN FACT I WOULD TRY DISTRACTION
AND SEE HOW IT TURNED OUT?
SO, IT IS AN INTERESTING STORY ñ HE
IS AN INTERESTING PLAYER AND YOU KNOW THAT HE IS CERTAINLY AMONG
THE TOP 96 QUARTERBACKS IN THE LEAGUE, AND CERTAINLY WOULD
MAKE THE BROWNS.
BUT I AM ABOUT TO GIVE THEM CREDIT.
THEIR COACH
HAD SAID DON'T BOTHER ME WITH THIS KNEELING STUFF.
I WILL TELL
YOU WHAT HAPPENED AT THE GAME.
BUT BEFORE WE GET THERE.
EVEN
THOUGH HE IS NOT IN THE LEAGUE YET, OTHERS HAVE PICKED UP HIS
CAUSE, INCLUDING MARSHAWN LYNCH WHO IS NOW RAIDER.
ALSO MICHAEL
BENNETT WHO IS A REALLY GREAT DEFENSIVE PLAYER FOR THE
SEAHAWKS, WAS ALSO KNEELING.
HE SAID THIS.
SO, IS HE RIGHT?
WE
ARE ABOUT TO FIND OUT.
HERE, LET'S DO IT.
WE HAVE OUR FIRST
WHITE PLAYER KNEELING.
THERE YOU GO.
I DON'T WANT TO JUST
CELEBRATE THEM, LET'S JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE PICTURE. 12
MEMBERS OF THE BROWNS TOOK A KNEE DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
AS YOU CAN SEE THEY WERE HUDDLED TOGETHER AND THEY SAID THEY WERE
PRAYING.
THAT IS A NICE TOUCH.
THAT INCLUDED THEIR RUNNING
BACK, DUKE JOHNSON, AND SOME OF THE BETTER PLAYERS.
IT ALSO HAD
A NUMBER OF TEAMMATES, BLACK AND WHITE, HOLDING ONTO THEIR
SHOULDER PADS.
THIS IS AS BIG A TEAM STATEMENT AS WE HAVE SEEN
ON THIS ISSUE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, ONE OF THE PLAYERS IS A WHITE
PLAYER.
I AM A HUGE FOOTBALL FAN.
I WILL LOOK UP THAT GUY
BEFORE THE DRAFT.
HE EXPLAINS THIS.
BLESS HIS HEART.
HERE IS
WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO GET YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO.IF PEOPLE
START GETTING FEARFUL AND LASHING OUT FOR A SECOND THEY
MIGHT REALIZE THAT IT IS A FAIR POINT.
WE HAVE A SITUATION IN
AMERICA WHERE WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING SHOT AND
KILLED BY POLICE WHEN THEY ARE UNARMED.
WHEN KAEPERNICK DID IT
HE WANTS TO PROVE A POINT THAT IT WAS DISPROPORTIONATELY
AFRICAN-AMERICAN.
IS NOT A LEGITIMATE ISSUE FOR
AFRICAN-AMERICANS?
OF COURSE.
IF SOMEONE IS TAKING A STAND IN
THIS CASE KNEELING TO BRING OUT AN ISSUE, FOR ANYONE
IN AMERICA, SHOULD THEY GET CREDIT?
THEY KEEP CLAIMING THAT
THE FANS ARE AGAINST IT.
BUT DID YOU EVER POLL THEM?
WHAT ABOUT
PEOPLE THAT ARE FOR IT?
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHICH ONES ARE THE
MAJORITY?
IT IS 32 INCREDIBLY WITCHY GUYS
THAT ARE GETTING
THIS DECISION.
MAYBE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE YOU
DID, OR THIS PERSPECTIVE.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK INTO THEIR
PERSPECTIVE.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO RESPECT THEIR FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
THE CLEVELAND BROWNS OR NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SO YOU'LL
HAVE TO RESPECT THEIR SPEECH, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE.
IT WOULD
BE A GOOD MOMENT FOR THE TEAMS TO SAY THIS IS WHAT OUR PLAYERS
CARE ABOUT.
MAYBE IT IS IMPORTANT?
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
YOU HATE AMERICA OR HATE THE TROOPS.
WHENEVER THEY WANT AN
EXCUSE TO SHUT DOWN SOMETHING, THEY SAY TROOPS.
I WANT TROOPS
TO DIE FOR NO REASON.
NOW WE SAY WE DON'T WANT OUR CIVILIANS TO
DIE FOR NO REASON SO WE NEED BETTER POLICE TRAINING.
IF YOU
SAY HEY YOU'RE BEING DISRESPECTFUL TO POLICE, I WILL
CALL THAT NEARLY EQUALLY INSANE.
I WILL TELL YOU WHY.
YOU ARE
TELLING ME THAT NO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE CRITICIZED
IN AMERICA?
YOU ARE SAYING NO GOVERNMENT BODY SHOULD BE
IMPROVED IN AMERICA?
THERE IS A ONE GOVERNMENT BODY THAT IS
PERFECT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH IT.
OH, YOU WANT TO CHECK BIG
GOVERNMENT.
YOU CLAIM YOU ARE FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE RALLIES ñ THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE CHANTING
SOMETHING ELSE.
WHEN IT COMES TO REAL FREEDOM OF SPEECH, DON'T
PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON IT.
BY THE WAY GOD BLESS THE CLEVELAND
BROWNS ABOUT PLAYERS, THE COMMANDER MADE A BIG STAN.
MY
GUESS IS THAT FAR FROM HAVING THIS ISSUE GO AWAY, THIS IS
GOING TO GET LARGER AND LARGER.
BY THE TIME A QUARTER OF THE
LEAGUE IS KNEELING FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, IT WILL LOOK
AWFULLY STUPID THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE HERO WHO STARTED THIS
IN THE FIRST PLACE IN THE LEAGUE.
MY GUESS IS THAT IF THIS
KEEPS GOING, SOMEONE WILL SAY WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO FIRE
HUNDREDS OF THEM?
OF COURSE KAEPERNICK YOU ARE ONE OF THE
BEST QUARTERBACKS IN THE COUNTRY, COME SAVE US.
IS THERE
ANYONE BLAKE MORTALS HAS NOT OVERTHROWN?
AND IF OWNERS,
ESPECIALLY THE JAGUARS, PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL KAEPERNICK.
THAT SHIP HAS NOW COMPLETELY SAILED, SO HOPE YOUR FOOTBALL
TEAM A LITTLE BIT.
FOR THE REST OF US, YES, WE ARE LIKELY
LOOKING TO A GOVERNMENT BODY THAT HAS GUNS AND BADGES WE GAVE
THEM, TRY AND IMPROVE IT.