[Blind Gossip] This athlete got a lot of attention for not standing up. With his fat salary and the encouragement of his girlfriend, he felt empowered to express his opinion.
Now that he’s out of a job, though, he’s suddenly softened his position on a topic to which he was extremely committed. Did this mean his morality has shifted?
Someone in the executive offices of a professional sports team provided us with some insight:
Don’t believe anything you read about why he’s doing this. He is lying lying lying!!! If anything, he has become MORE angry and MORE militant in his beliefs over the past year. That girlfriend of his has a lot to do with it. She really gets him riled up.
The truth is he’s been told that the only way he’s going to get hired is to publicly shut it. If he wants a job and money and a platform for his cause, he needs to STFU for a while. So he’s laying low and doing whatever he has to do to get himself an offer.
There are a bunch of teams that won’t even look at him, so I don’t know if his little scam is going to work. Somebody might pick him up. Just know that he hasn’t changed his thinking. He is just LYING about it to get a job!
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Athlete:
[Optional] Given his behavior over the past year, would you want him to join your team?
bobz boyz says
Kaepernick
No, I would not hire him
luddite2 says
Kaepernick and his girl friend Nessa Diab. I hope she is worth it, because at his talent level (less than average NFL QB) he will lose millions. A high risk back up or fill-in QB is not worth the hassle/ bad p.r.
Sabs says
Colin Kaepernick
kvetro60 says
Colin Kaepernick – scum
neartstarlet says
Colin kaepernick
And hell no. Hoping we’ll keep Cousins…
january13 says
Colin Kaepernick
buddypal says
Athlete: Colin Kaepernick
Optional: No, he seems like an attention seeker and unprofessional. People should be able to speak up about whatever they want, but not at “work” aka the football field. If I was his teammate, I’d worry that he’s too concerned with his protest and all the negative attention than winning the game.
Jonesy says
Kaepernick
oyevey says
Easy – Colin Kaepernick!
slantrhyme says
Colin Kaepernick
Wouldn’t want him on my team
FiyahHotFlashy says
Colin Kaepernick….I wouldn’t hire him. $$$ talks and what was the point if you were going to back down.
fanomusic24 says
Colin Kaepernick
MrsBrady says
Colin Kaepernick
High Steppa says
Of course it’s Colin K. I wouldn’t want him to join my team not because of his political posturing (although I don’t like it) but because he sucks as a QB!
luv2guess says
collin kapernick-loser
Conchord says
Obviously Colin Kaepernick.
I don’t think we (the Ravens) need him.
4sixx2 says
colin kaepernick. There’s nothing wrong with expressing a view. But actions have consequences and there’s nothing wrong with people being disgusted by your display.
farfel says
It’s sad that more people were probably disgusted by his not standing for the stupid anthem and not disgusted by the way black men are treated in this country
4sixx2 says
“Stupid anthem”??? I’m disgusted by that.
stolidog says
Colin Kapernick. He hasn’t done anything wrong, so, why wouldn’t I want him on my team if he can throw a touchdown pass?
Lebowski says
Political view and protests aside – he cant read a defense, throw a touch pass or convert in the red zone. Besides scrambling he honestly is not very good.
dynamodavid says
Athlete:
Colin Kapernick
Given his behavior over the last year, would you want him to join your team?
Hell, NO! My team doesn’t need such a whinny brat! They have the GOAT as QB with a Great QB in the wings!
cheezhead says
Colin kapernick
No. Aaron Rodgers has his own problems
pajuxy says
Colin Kaepernick.
He’s playing it long term which is the way to go. I think he’s handling it maturely. I also think it’s silly he lost his job unless it was in his contract that he’s supposed to stand during the national anthem.
queenmarie88 says
He lost his job because he is not all he was cracked up to be as a ball player.
AnguaDelphine says
Agreed. I think pretty much everyone here would do the same – haven’t we all had to modify our behaviour in some way to keep a job? You speak up when you can, that’s all we can ask of him.
purplecheetah says
Not to mention he pissed off enough football fans that they boycotted the 49ers. Because of his stupid personal stance, he lost the organization and his team $$.
farfel says
Gross. He doesn’t need the support of those uneducated 49ers fans.
pajuxy says
@queenmarie88, you’re right! I see now I wasn’t fully informed. My bad! I see now it was a good business decision made by the team because of his play and how he handled his injury. Thanks for your reply to my comment.
throwsumshade says
Colin K needs a team and quick! He’s faking it till he makes it Not fooling anyone
Vidalia Q Intrigue says
Colin Kaepernick
Goodgrief says
That Kapernick football player from the 49er’s.
KellyNotRipa says
Kapernick…wouldn’t hire him. Its a job and a team. There’s a whole group of people to consider. Its not your place to make your views associated with the organization.
Keeping Honest says
Agree with u 100%
farfel says
Yeah, the organization that has been profiting off black men for decades. Good for kapernick using his status to protest the continued mistreatment of black people in this country.
Germanicus says
Getting paid millions of dollars to play a sport, an activity which in no way contributes to the health and welfare of the world, is “mistreatment” of black men? Nobody is putting a gun to anyone’s head and forcing them to play pro ball for seven to eight figures. Sign me up for said mistreatment. In the meantime, how would you fix it? By limiting the players to white men?
4sixx2 says
farfel, you’re trolling other’s comments with your political views. The NFL profits off the best Athletes and compensates them accordingly. If you didn’t view enough blacks playing, you’d say the NFL is racist. Because the majority of NFL players are black, you say the NFL profits off black men. I couldn’t disagree with your derogatory comments more.