(08-09-2017, 01:55 PM)Caldrac Wrote: For me it boils down to context and the nature in which it was conducted. And that's why it's hard for me to stay quiet about this issue. Because I think in fairness the context was right at the time. And the nature was peaceful.

Above and beyond the personal reason I didn't appreciate it, I think it was the wrong time and place to do it. When- in this case- when you're in uniform and literally on the job is not the time to air grievances. He was not representing just himself, he was representing the team. They all do when they put on those uniforms and go out on the field. As a QB he is even more responsible which makes it even worse because it makes it look like he's representing the whole team if you look at it that way (even though logically we know better but you get what I'm saying.)

We live in a day and age where something like this is able to reach people around the world in seconds, 24/7. It doesn't have to wait to be on national television and televised around the world for people to see it. He could have done something on his own time and tweeted it or put it on instagram and made a statement without pissing off a lot of folks and losing his message in the flag debate or whether or not he should have done it 'on the clock,' etc.

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