(09-28-2017, 05:22 PM)JackCity Wrote:

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

This whole "athletes as role models" thing is kind of ridiculous. Jimmy Smith is my favorite football player of all time, period. I got to meet and talk with him a couple times when he visited the restaurant I worked at in high school, and he was a really, unbelievably nice guy. Took the time to talk and sign an autograph for me, which hangs framed on my wall to this day. I have nothing but nice things to say about him from the very, very limited interactions I had with him, and he was a true gentleman and a great brand ambassador for the NFL and the Jaguars.

No way in hell would I have emulated his private behavior. Not to knock the guy. Like I said, he was an incredibly nice guy the couple of times I got to talk to him, but not even close to being a role model.

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