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Sitting through the anthem is a form of respectful protest—one that Kaepernick, fighting for the starting quarterback role for the San Francisco 49ers, is doing at real risk to his career given the huge backlash, including fans burning his jersey and executives on other teams declaring that they want nothing to do with him. The 49ers, on the other hand, a franchise worth a staggering $2.7 billion, nonetheless bothered to pocket $125,000 in change to pretend to respect the troops. When the team faces off in San Diego against the Chargers tonight, it will be at the home team’s “salute to the military night”—a Thursday night pre-season game. Which makes sense, now that the team no longer collects cash ($453,500, according to the senators’ report) for putting on flag presentations and color guard ceremonies. That was pimping out patriotism, and spitting on the flag. Trump and his gang didn’t even notice.
full: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/01/colin-kaepernick-s-haters-ignored-the-nfl-s-real-patriotism-for-pay-scandal.html
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