It's true that sports programs aren't meant to be used as forums, but really, is saying something on television any worse than staging a protest in a public space or placing a poster in your local coffee shop? Also, once again, saying that Americans should strive to not be racist isn't swaying anyone to do anything remotley bad. Imagine you see the players and the end of a football game on television, and while an interviewer is talking to a quaterback, the quaterback looks at the camera and says "Don't do drugs". It may be a cheesey thing to say, but the only countries where a someone could get legitamatley punished for saying that on a television program are North Karea and Nazi Germany, so why should it be cosidered fair to act like Colin Kaepernick did somehing wrong when he promoted doing something equally objectivley
It's true that sports programs aren't meant to be used as forums, but really, is saying something on television any worse than staging a protest in a public space or placing a poster in your local coffee shop? Also, once again, saying that Americans should strive to not be racist isn't swaying anyone to do anything remotley bad. Imagine you see the players and the end of a football game on television, and while an interviewer is talking to a quaterback, the quaterback looks at the camera and says "Don't do drugs". It may be a cheesey thing to say, but the only countries where a someone could get legitamatley punished for saying that on a television program are North Karea and Nazi Germany, so why should it be cosidered fair to act like Colin Kaepernick did somehing wrong when he promoted doing something equally objectivley