Colin Kaepernick

This week Colin Kaepernick settled his lawsuit with the NFL. I am sure everyone knows the story. During a preseason game, Colin Kaepernick sat on the bench for the national anthem to protest the treatment of minorities in the United States. He felt that he wasn’t going to show pride for a country that oppresses black people. Before long many of his teammates as well as other NFL players started to follow his lead refusing to stand during the anthem. He first protested in 2016 and has not participated in an NFL game since that year. The first amendment ensures the freedom of speech, religion and press but it does not cover Colin’s actions as the NFL is a private company and the first amendment ensures protection only from the government. He started a huge protest that caught everyone’s eye and lost his job because of it and no team wanted to hire him.  Colin’s protest was controversial and the settlement with the NFL shows he had a case.  Let’s see if we see Colin on the field next season. If he able to return for next   season, then this shows that the Nation Football League is giving him a second chance.


https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/27/politics/first-amendment-explainer-trnd/index.html