I'm listening to the trumpites regurgitate his BS about "disrespecting our troops". This has NOTHING to do with them. It has to do with one line in the "Star-spangled Banner": "the land of the free". When blacks are being executed--on the streets-- by police-- and there are NO CONSEQUENCES that line is empty and meaningless. The knee is the sign of respect, with a silent protest, in the way of MLK
The trumpites talk about "These guys who make $11 million bucks a year or whatever.." --that is a racist dog whistle: "these n------rs". that's just a fact! These kids represent the cream of the crop of millions of young black men for whom professional sports is the only path out of the ghetto (besides being a drug dealer). Most high school and college athletes will never make the pros.
They might have a year or two before they are broken by the brutality of the game. They will likely have dementia by the time they're 35 from all the concussions. They are making a fortune for the WHITE team owners. These kids deserve every penny they make, and they are making a HUGE sacrifice for it.
