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This is going to stir up the pot of Conservative America if it actually happens. You know they like to see their black athletes one way; silent, robotic, and un-opinionated. The problem is that these are still grown men with their own feelings on the climate of America.
The Seahawks have supported Colin Kaepernick and may take it a little further according to Bobby Wagner.
They may protest as an entire team:
While Wagner said he didn’t know if he would sit down during the anthem he said “anything we want to do, it’s not going to be individual. It’s going to be a team thing. That’s what the world needs to see. The world needs to see people coming together versus being individuals.”
Wagner said he couldn’t say exactly what the team might do, saying “whatever we decide to do will be a big surprise.”
-SEATTLE TIMES/DEADSPIN
I doubt the white players will join in as they are on that team before they are football players, but it sure would be nice to see solidarity.
I also wonder if they will back this protest up with some financial action? I’m not counting another man’s money though. Do what you do, this is America and the beauty of POLITICAL FREEDOM.