Whoa. There’s context to add to Fauci’s comment to CNN correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, but still … whoa.
Both the NFL and NCAA have been making plans to proceed with their football seasons as scheduled this fall, likely with few or no fans present for games and numerous other precautions in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Trump pushed back on comments his top infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci, made about the risks of an NFL season on Friday, indicating he wants the season to go forward.
Backroom deals get made all the time in the NFL. Teams always want something, from a Super Bowl to a draft to anything and everything else that the league office has the authority and discretion to dispense. If the league office wants Kaepernick on a team, the league office can make it happen, quickly.
(08.06.2020)
An NFL spokesman told ABC News on Sunday that Goodell‘s statement was a direct response to a plea from a group of NFL players who directly addressed the league in a message posted on Friday and called on the NFL to „listen to your players.“
Kaepernick wurde im März 2017 von den San Francisco 49ers entlassen und befindet sich seither auf der Suche nach einer neuen Mannschaft. Durch seinen Hymnenprotest tut er sich jedoch schwer, irgendwo unterzukommen.
(18.9.2017) Auch Superstar Tom Brady reiht sich in die Schlange der Fürsprecher für den vertragslosen Colin Kaepernick ein. Seine Unterstützung kommt überraschend.
(21.9.2017) Eigentlich war Colin Kaepernick der Superstar der San Francisco 49ers. Dann machte er den Mund auf und begann Missstände anzusprechen. Eigentlich kein Problem. Eigentlich. Nun ist der Quarterback arbeitslos.
According to Kaepernick’s website, 50 percent of the funds will pay the salaries of the doctors and nurses, while the rest is split between building materials for the camp’s mobile medical clinic, medical supplies and liability insurance.
After the game he was asked why he sat down and stated that he was not going to “stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people and people of color.”
“To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder,“ Kaepernick added.