My Sports Guide takes on Kaepernick
Nudnick Kaepernick
It seems that 49er Colin Kaepernick has caused quite a stir by refusing to stand during the playing of the U.S. National Anthem and by topping that non-performance by defending his inaction with some racist nonsense that isn’t worth repeating. By contrast, an Olympic pole-vaulter dropped his lance halfway down the runway and snapped to patriotic attention, hand over heart during the song.
Now, players of American football are not known for their brights, but Colin’s caper establishes an all-time high on the ignoramus scale.
But what to do? Having an I.Q. approaching room temperature with the A.C. on is no ground for being fired by the team management.
Obviously, CK did nothing illegal. He certainly had every right to sit out the song, just as his bosses had every right to have him stay that way for the games, which was effectively done by his demotion a while back to stand-by status. Also, the First Amendment has no exception for stupidity although this latest exercise of protected speech may cause some to consider creating one.
As usual, the solution lies in the application of reason to all objectionable, but protected behavior. Although CK is just dumb enough to argue the contrary, no one has an obligation to attend any game in which he is participating, whether as player, bench warmer, or indeed, spectator. I would imagine that were this boycott implemented, it would have a profound and seriously beneficial effect.
And CK would be the only loser, which is as it should be. As Gordon Osmond’s (hey, that’s me) hit book A Hip Pocket Guide to Sports points out, American football ranks very low in the author’s freely expressed opinion among the world’s sports, particularly in contrast to non-American football. This book is full of tributes and jibes to various sports, athletes, and sports-based films. The book is available on Amazon.com for roughly the price of a stadium hotdog as a Kindle, paperback, or, my favorite, an audiobook narrated by the incredibly gifted Aaron Kedrick. If you send me an email at fertile1@aol.com stating that you bought the Kindle or paperback, I’ll send you the audiobook for free.
It seems that 49er Colin Kaepernick has caused quite a stir by refusing to stand during the playing of the U.S. National Anthem and by topping that non-performance by defending his inaction with some racist nonsense that isn’t worth repeating. By contrast, an Olympic pole-vaulter dropped his lance halfway down the runway and snapped to patriotic attention, hand over heart during the song.
Now, players of American football are not known for their brights, but Colin’s caper establishes an all-time high on the ignoramus scale.
But what to do? Having an I.Q. approaching room temperature with the A.C. on is no ground for being fired by the team management.
Obviously, CK did nothing illegal. He certainly had every right to sit out the song, just as his bosses had every right to have him stay that way for the games, which was effectively done by his demotion a while back to stand-by status. Also, the First Amendment has no exception for stupidity although this latest exercise of protected speech may cause some to consider creating one.
As usual, the solution lies in the application of reason to all objectionable, but protected behavior. Although CK is just dumb enough to argue the contrary, no one has an obligation to attend any game in which he is participating, whether as player, bench warmer, or indeed, spectator. I would imagine that were this boycott implemented, it would have a profound and seriously beneficial effect.
And CK would be the only loser, which is as it should be. As Gordon Osmond’s (hey, that’s me) hit book A Hip Pocket Guide to Sports points out, American football ranks very low in the author’s freely expressed opinion among the world’s sports, particularly in contrast to non-American football. This book is full of tributes and jibes to various sports, athletes, and sports-based films. The book is available on Amazon.com for roughly the price of a stadium hotdog as a Kindle, paperback, or, my favorite, an audiobook narrated by the incredibly gifted Aaron Kedrick. If you send me an email at fertile1@aol.com stating that you bought the Kindle or paperback, I’ll send you the audiobook for free.
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