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<blockquote data-quote="Squints" data-source="post: 345561" data-attributes="member: 822"><p>Whoa whoa whoa this is off. I'm an avid 49er fan and been following this story from the beginning. He sat for the national anthem for the first two pre-season games. He wasn't able to play so he wasn't in uniform those and no one noticed. (Which if this is such a big deal then why didn't anyone care then? But that's a whole other conversation to have.) He made his debut in that Packer game so he was in uniform. That's when all hell broke loose because people noticed. However, he was <a href="http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000691077/article/colin-kaepernick-explains-protest-of-national-anthem" target="_blank">interviewed after the game by NFL media</a> and explained his reasons then. He did not wait two days to provide an explanation. </p><p></p><p>It is true he was not the starter at the time. But this was due to him missing offseason workouts, mini camp, and most of training camp due to surgery on his throwing shoulder where he could get the necessary reps to learn a new offensive system brought in by a recently hired Chip Kelly. He was not in danger of being cut. That was just speculation. He was the most talented quarterback on the roster it wasn't going to happen. Especially with his contract before the restructuring that happened in October(This also has a role in all this but I doubt anyone one cares about the minutaie of the 49ers cap situation a year ago). It's not a coincidence he took over the starting job after about a month and a half of practice reps.</p><p></p><p>To not believe him seems a little odd though. Seems overly cynical imo. It's done nothing but cause him problems as far as his NFL career since he's done it, costing him millions, and he continues to remain active in advocating for why he kneeled/sat and others since this all went down while staying out of media spotlight. He didn't say he was protesting anything because I don't think he intended to start a protest movement. That just kind of happened when everyone freaked out over it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Squints, post: 345561, member: 822"] Whoa whoa whoa this is off. I'm an avid 49er fan and been following this story from the beginning. He sat for the national anthem for the first two pre-season games. He wasn't able to play so he wasn't in uniform those and no one noticed. (Which if this is such a big deal then why didn't anyone care then? But that's a whole other conversation to have.) He made his debut in that Packer game so he was in uniform. That's when all hell broke loose because people noticed. However, he was [URL='http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000691077/article/colin-kaepernick-explains-protest-of-national-anthem']interviewed after the game by NFL media[/URL] and explained his reasons then. He did not wait two days to provide an explanation. It is true he was not the starter at the time. But this was due to him missing offseason workouts, mini camp, and most of training camp due to surgery on his throwing shoulder where he could get the necessary reps to learn a new offensive system brought in by a recently hired Chip Kelly. He was not in danger of being cut. That was just speculation. He was the most talented quarterback on the roster it wasn't going to happen. Especially with his contract before the restructuring that happened in October(This also has a role in all this but I doubt anyone one cares about the minutaie of the 49ers cap situation a year ago). It's not a coincidence he took over the starting job after about a month and a half of practice reps. To not believe him seems a little odd though. Seems overly cynical imo. It's done nothing but cause him problems as far as his NFL career since he's done it, costing him millions, and he continues to remain active in advocating for why he kneeled/sat and others since this all went down while staying out of media spotlight. He didn't say he was protesting anything because I don't think he intended to start a protest movement. That just kind of happened when everyone freaked out over it. [/QUOTE]
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