BlaqkSpliffin
Ni**as Still Weird - Me
nikka that's what happened. They called that man a sellout for settling with the NFL only to turn around and do the same thing.
Fmr nfl running back larry johnson calls kap a sellout
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R.E.N. Spells Ren
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No he doesn't have a point.
Kaep was suing the NFL because they illegally blocked him from earning a living. Why wouldn't accepting a settlement be an acceptable outcome? He was never suing the NFL as a crusade to expose them or whatever some of y'all romanticized it to new. It was always about lost wages.
If your job unfairly fired you, and you sued for 50 times your annual salary, are you a "sellout" for accepting 20 times your salary and avoiding the costs and uncertainy of trial?
re-read my post. they bought his silence for an undisclosed amount. it's all well and good for him to be compensated, and rightly so, for loss of income. but the cost of that is that the nfl will continue to act the way it has and we will never know why and who the key actors and stakeholders are because kaep has effectively been paid not to disclose that.
of course i'd love for him to say fukk it and put them on blast after getting his money, but it won't happen.
i'll never put a black man down for getting money he is owed. but i will voice my disgust and concern at them doing so at the cost of other black men and women.
TaxCollector13459
2018 Coli Rookie of the Year
Kap and Reid called Michael Jenkins a c00n for doing something similar tho
Michael was never the leader of the movement at any point and he made a decision on a collective move.
This case was never involving no player but kap
You fukking moron they called him a sellout because he settled on the behalf of the rest of the players in the league many of which didn't agree with him being the self appointed leader of the group nor the wack terms he agreed to.
Kap represents himself, the grievance is his own, and his settlement doesn't affect the rest of the players. He was suing for lost wages because he felt he was black balled from the league, Kap agreed to the settlement terms. Case closed. The suit wasn't about public disclosure of which owners were the most racist and what they said in any rumored emails.
Regardless if this went to trial or not, Kaep was going to receive monetary compensation the difference only being the amount he'd get paid.
But this does not stop Kaep from pursuing his activism or in any way stray from his message and stance on the issue of injustice and police brutality.
This was a civil case against his employer that denied him a chance to earn a living in his field because of his activism. It's not hard to conclude that the NFL did collude to keep him out which is why they want him to keep quiet and pay up.
But this does not stop Kaep from pursuing his activism or in any way stray from his message and stance on the issue of injustice and police brutality.
This was a civil case against his employer that denied him a chance to earn a living in his field because of his activism. It's not hard to conclude that the NFL did collude to keep him out which is why they want him to keep quiet and pay up.
BlaqkSpliffin
Ni**as Still Weird - Me
nikka he settled on behalf of the players, many who backed him. His shyt was separate from Kap's shyt you fukking dumbass. And they still called him a sellout only to turn around and do business with the same nikkas period! Kap did what was best for himself and his interest just like everybody else. Get off his nuts bytch ass nikka because Reid settled too.
Vancouver Grizzly Fan
AKA Vancouver Baller
Larry Johnson looks like he's been hitting the pipe lately.
How can you settle on behalf of players who dont agree on you representing them and don't agree on the terms on which YOU decided to settle? Its like all the workers at your job decide to come together to demand better conditions and some monk ass nikka runs behind your back and signs a deal you didn't see or agree to, that's a sellout.
Its clear you lack the reasoning skills to differentiate the two situations and therefore I'm done responding to you.
R.E.N. Spells Ren
Veteran
Saying "they bought his silence" implies they paid him money to keep him quiet on the social justice issues he's been speaking on. That's disingenuous. They only "bought his silence" on the issue of wether they colluded against him and what they settled for....so what? That's standard practice for settlements like these.
Kaep accepting a settlement here didn't cost other black men and women ANYTHING. Just like if Kaep won in a court other black men and women weren't gaining anything. Kaep grievance with the NFL was always about Kaep's lost wages. What's so hard for you to understand about that?
Taadow
The StarchBishop™️
*didnt watch vid, and won't*
Larry Johnson
- is a domestic abuser
- went to Penn State while Jerry Sandusky was playing with boys in the shower
- was a multi-millionaire who shared an apartment with another male multi-millionaire
- isn't even the best pro-athlete named "Larry Johnson"
Larry Johnson
- is a domestic abuser
- went to Penn State while Jerry Sandusky was playing with boys in the shower
- was a multi-millionaire who shared an apartment with another male multi-millionaire
- isn't even the best pro-athlete named "Larry Johnson"
xXMASHERXx
Superstar
Not sure why we even discuss these type of things when most of the people here aren't even black. My stance is that the players folded instead of joining Kaep or Reid so they no longer have a say on the matter.
Rell84shots
Veteran
He's been donating his own money for the past few years.Is he gonna donate that money to the shyt he’s been kneeling for
i think you're being obtuse here, breh. i couldnt be more explicit in stating my issue is with the fact that the nfl can silence his ability to speak on the collusion that can demonstrably diminish his, and other players', ability to speak out against this practice in a multibillion dollar sport; effectively negating what he supposedly sought to correct. we all know the standard practices of legal proceedings like these and what outcomes they yield, the crux of his crusade and the actions he's taken up until this point was to go against the standard. i'm of the belief that this result is standard and does nothing to yield any actual change for anyone not named colin kaepernick.
while we may not be, as black people, a monolith, the actions of those with platforms and power do, in fact, affect those of us without one. kaep, in my opinion, has cost us something here by demonstrating, once again, that on certain issues we can be bought. so i'll repeat, and this will be the last time, i do not have an issue with him getting his lost wages. i have an issue with him getting them at the cost of his silence against a league filled with people who should be held responsible in both the legal and public opinion courts. it's OK to get paid, its NOT OK to get paid to shut the fukk up about some bullshyt you know others will go through after you. i appreciate the pragmatic opinion you hold, but mine is not entirely philosophical and does have pragmatic consequences.