Colin Kaepernick Konspiracy!

[MissBarbara]

This is a post I found on a right-wing news/commentary site (Accuracy in Media) about the "controversy" surrounding Colin Kaepernick's protests and the NFL's response.

I'm posting it not because I believe it, or because it has even a single element of truth, but because I found it laugh-out-loud funny:


A lot of American men see hypocrisy in the NFL allowing Kaepernick's banal and inane protest (imagine if he were protesting abortion or transgenders). We've also seen the NFL go pink (which is the new Red) every October to a ridiculous, nauseating extent and, again, many American men know this supposed breast-cancer research fundraising is way out of proportion to the research being done and to the number of cases because we know prostate cancer is more common than breast cancer and, of all cancer cases, lung cancer is most common.

A lot of "pink" money is used illegally (that is, laundered) to support causes not associated with "the race for the cure," including promotion of abortion, a large percentage of which occur in the African American communities. The funds raised also enable the lavish salaries for Susan G. Komen executives and directors. In addition, some of the funds raised support draconian domestic violence laws that encourage women to make false accusations against men and that destroy families.

It's sad to see the NFL kowtowing to a cause that also aids in the election of political candidates (mostly misogynistic women) and policies (mostly initiated by hostile feminists) that are detrimental to men and, in particular, that target male athletes, including the use of Soviet-style show trials. (Remember Kobe Bryant and the Colorado State football team, to mention just two? Or how about former U.S. Rep. Patricia Schroeder who laid waste to military men through the so-called Air Force Academy scandal and Tailhook before that?)

Super Bowl halftime shows have become a modern version of the last days of the Roman Coliseum. At best, NFL executive have sold out the league's prestige and decorum for ratings and ad revenues; at worst, NFL management are sinking to new lows or these same executives are letting lowlife players run the league now. Finally, the games have become too predictable except for the officiating, which is suspiciously erratic, and there are too many commercials.

[joan1984]

  Colin Kaepernick should be picked up as a backup QB, if not by the Baltimore Ravens, then by any one of a bunch of NFL teams, and I predict he will be, as the Season begins in September.

  Would not mind the Washington Redskins having him on the roster, as he has a good arm, is capable, and presumably healthy. His issue with being dropped as Starting QB was his inability to make the necessary "reads" in time to get the ball out, keep moving down the field, and not get sacked, broken plays.

  Not everyone makes 'reads' well, and his was a complicated system, as are many. As backup, a Team needs someone to get them thru an injury to the Starter, as a main function. Even better if he has some ability for special teams and acts are an effective, potentially dangerous as QB, "holder".

  No one wants a 'distraction', no one seeks locker room issues with players, or fan disgust, and all the factors must be weighed by any team for every player.
If he has talent, and seems he has, he will be selected by a needy NFL team, regardless of his 'distraction' potential. 

Play ball... Redskins begin preseason against Baltimore Ravens on Thursday!

[MissBarbara]

  Colin Kaepernick should be picked up as a backup QB, if not by the Baltimore Ravens, then by any one of a bunch of NFL teams, and I predict he will be, as the Season begins in September.

  Would not mind the Washington Redskins having him on the roster, as he has a good arm, is capable, and presumably healthy. His issue with being dropped as Starting QB was his inability to make the necessary "reads" in time to get the ball out, keep moving down the field, and not get sacked, broken plays.

  Not everyone makes 'reads' well, and his was a complicated system, as are many. As backup, a Team needs someone to get them thru an injury to the Starter, as a main function. Even better if he has some ability for special teams and acts are an effective, potentially dangerous as QB, "holder".

  No one wants a 'distraction', no one seeks locker room issues with players, or fan disgust, and all the factors must be weighed by any team for every player.
If he has talent, and seems he has, he will be selected by a needy NFL team, regardless of his 'distraction' potential. 

Play ball... Redskins begin preseason against Baltimore Ravens on Thursday!

Good post!

I can't speak to this issue from a football point of view, and you answered one of my main questions surrounding this "issue."

It struck me, despite my relative ignorance, that the conspiracy theories asserting NFL owner collusion fail on one important point: The NFL's a business, a money-making business, and a game-winning business, and politics will always take a back seat to that. Or, as you put it, "If he has talent, and seems he has, he will be selected by a needy NFL team, regardless of his 'distraction' potential."