Colin Kaepernick is...

[frunk]

Kap should have husbanded his public image and not endangered any future endorsement deals. He can easily give all that money to BLM or any other cause he wants.

How much is Manning making for these bathrobe commercials? If Kap retires with this image, he won't get those deals. From that perspective you could say it was a very self-sacrificial thing. And probably not a very effective one.

He's not getting a Manning type endorsement deal barring a pretty amazing career reversal.  At worst he might have lost out on a few local commercials selling cars.

[alfred russel]

How much is Manning making for these bathrobe commercials? If Kap retires with this image, he won't get those deals. From that perspective you could say it was a very self-sacrificial thing. And probably not a very effective one.

I don't think Kapaernick was ever going to get those deals without becoming an elite NFL QB. Which looks like a longshot.

[alfred russel]

I don't know how you can argue it wasn't effective. It seems like it was radically more effective than he could have possibly expected.

It depends what he was after. If it was attention, then it was indeed radically effective. If it was awareness leading to change in policing, that remains to be seen.

[Razgovory]

In Europe, national anthems are definitely played during international soccer games, not sure how common it is to do so during national games. People are expected to stand up, whether it is France, Poland or the UK.

You Yanks are weird with this thing. On one hand you have this really extreme flag waving patriotism, which can make most Euros uneasy at times. On the other hand, you also have this tradition of burning the national flag or shitting on the national anthem, which most Euros would find awkward (or illegal) too. Surely, there are better ways to protest, especially when you live in a country with a rule of law.

American Patriotism has traditionally been conditional.  Trump's brand of Nationalism is more in line with how Euros think, which is I suppose why you and legbiter are attracted to such displays.

This is actually a pretty insightful observation. Well done, Raz.

Well, you finally figured out a way to completely derail me.

[Berkut]

I don't know how you can argue it wasn't effective. It seems like it was radically more effective than he could have possibly expected.

It depends what he was after. If it was attention, then it was indeed radically effective. If it was awareness leading to change in policing, that remains to be seen.

I think the awareness part is all he can hope for though. What happens with that awareness is beyond his control.

[Admiral Yi]

I think the awareness part is all he can hope for though. What happens with that awareness is beyond his control.

Being a resident of California, he could very easily propose a referendum.

[MadImmortalMan]

Well now he's made the cover of Time. 

[HVC]

Well now he's made the cover of Time. 

Hitler must be rolling in his grave.

[Tonitrus]

Well now he's made the cover of Time. 

Hitler must be rolling in his grave.

Hitler's spinning corpse is powering the secret Nazi moon base.