(09-28-2017, 05:06 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote:

(09-28-2017, 01:24 PM)JackCity Wrote: Or use their influence and platform to send a message back.

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The whole purpose of it was to use their platform and influence in a positive way.  

It's not like they're working an office job. So being "at work" is slightly different.

lol, people pay to watch them play football, not politics.  There are a lot of different ways to get the point across they are trying to make.  Kneeling for the flag before a football game isn't one.  Kneeling for the flag will not change anything in a positive way, its just going to make things worse.  You are naive as hell if you think kneeling for the flag before the game will change anyone or America for the better lol.  Much better other ways to "influence in a positive way "

Right but that's only part of what they do as an athlete at that level. They're also role models in their community and do lots of charity work. There's more to most of them than just football.  

As I've said. That's what their intention was. Especially after the president called on their peers to be fired for freely protesting and called them sons of [BLEEP]. That tends to galvanise a group of people, for better or worse.

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