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View Poll Results: What is Colin Kaepernick's motivation for his protest?
He's very much concerned about the country and how racial discrimination is effecting it 41 32.80%
It is a cry for attention as he's about to become irrelevant and he knows it. 50 40.00%
He feels the team won't cut him now because they're scared of the backlash, thereby taking away attention from his poor play. 22 17.60%
Other 12 9.60%
Voters: 125. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 08-31-2016, 03:54 PM
 
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The other post pretty much blew up on a lot of tangents, but I'm more interested on Kaepernick's motivation. Clearly if racial discrimination was such a big deal to him, he had plenty of other opportunities to stage his little protest (it's not like this issue hasn't been in the front of the news constantly over the last 4 years...I'm thinking Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown just to name a couple). And 4 years ago, he was the starter, the team was doing well, he was getting endorsements, and clearly in the limelight. And now, his career is essentially over (he'll clearly be a bench warmer this year). I'm not sure if he has any more endorsements left, and he's clearly gotten paid some incredible money (unlike his rookie contract which I believe ran for his first 3 years). I guess the point I'm making is he's got very little to lose now (not much skin in the game) as opposed to when he had a big contract on the horizon and some pretty good sponsor money coming in. So why now?
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Old 08-31-2016, 06:24 PM
 
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Unless you can read minds, you'll never really know what his real motivation is. It will be interesting to see how he acts/behaves after this, but that's another conversation. One that doesn't warrant a poll btw.
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Old 08-31-2016, 07:01 PM
 
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Unless you can read minds, you'll never really know what his real motivation is. It will be interesting to see how he acts/behaves after this, but that's another conversation. One that doesn't warrant a poll btw.
And you're welcome to move on to another post or not to take it, if it bothers you.

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Old 08-31-2016, 07:33 PM
 
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He sucks and wants attention
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Old 09-01-2016, 12:54 PM
 
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just a cry baby
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Old 09-01-2016, 01:53 PM
 
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just a cry baby
Yeah! Uh, what's he crying about, exactly again? You know?
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Old 09-01-2016, 08:09 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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I used to be a Kaepernick fan until he sided with this racist Black Lies Matter movement. Cut and deport him.
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Old 09-01-2016, 08:13 PM
 
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Probably his flagging career. Desperate people do desperate things in their quest to remain relevant. I would guess fame and having your name in the newspaper and on people's lips frequently is addictive (it certainly strokes your ego)....and when you see that slipping away, you'll do about anything to regain peoples attention

Just a guess.

I'm not a sports fan in any sense of the word, but this concept applies to anyone, and some more than others.
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Old 09-02-2016, 12:05 PM
 
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I used to be a Kaepernick fan until he sided with this racist Black Lies Matter movement. Cut and deport him.
Deport him? Where to?
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Old 09-02-2016, 01:11 PM
 
Location: California
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He thinks himself important enough to publically take a stand. He doesn't really have any real info or knowledge so he's following whatever hive mind thinking is happening among his social group. That's what most of these types of things usually come down to.
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