NAACP official: NFL should take our boycott threat seriously
 

Colin Kaepernick, who ignited a national civil rights discussion when he knelt during the national anthem last NFL season in protest of racial injustice, still has no team. No club has signed Kaepernick since he became a free agent in March, the new season starts in two weeks, and the NAACP is outraged.

On Wednesday, the NAACP posted an open letter to the NFL demanding a meeting with commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss Kaepernick's status. It also held simultaneous rallies in New York City (right outside NFL headquarters) and Atlanta.

To be clear: There is not, at this time, an NAACP boycott of the NFL. But the head of the Atlanta chapter tells Yahoo Finance unequivocally that the group is serious about initiating one if it doesn't get a Goodell meeting.

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"If there's not a meeting before the start of the season, it's my belief that the coalition will call for a boycott of the NFL," says Gerald Griggs, an attorney and VP of the NAACP's Atlanta chapter.

Of course, Goodell can't force a team to sign Kaepernick.

"We know the commissioner doesn't have that power," Griggs says, "But the fan bases that are parts of our organizations do. So at the same time we are demanding a meeting with Roger Goodell, we are also requesting meetings with the team owners in our local markets. And we have a branch in every city where there's an NFL team."

The NAACP has not officially heard from the NFL, but Griggs says that unofficially, "part of the response we heard was that he's traveling. Well, we can meet him anywhere. Delta flies to most major cities."

An NFL spokesperson tells Yahoo Finance, "We have yet to receive a letter."

Last season, while Kaepernick was protesting, the NAACP "did not get involved vocally," Griggs says, beyond supporting his First Amendment rights, which is an issue it always promotes. But now, officials feel compelled to act because, "we saw a pattern of preventing him from being employed. And now we are dedicated to the outcome of him pursuing employment."

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isn't he a lackluster player who basically tried to stiff it to the man?

IME if you are going to stick it to the man, make sure you are top in your field, and loved by many first

Good luck to him

Fixed and :2 cents:

Funny NAACP thinks it is a color thing.

If it's not, they'll make it one.

Free speech isn't free sometimes it costs you everything. I'd rather be Kaepernick and lose everything on principle than the countless players that wanted to stand by him and were too cowardly to do so :2 cents:

Good! Kick him out!

He's there to play not push his own personal political agenda. He's a sportsman, a hired "mercenary" who will do on the field as he is told. That's what he is contracted and paid a handsome amount to do, not pushing a political agenda.

He did his job.

The Pledge of Allegiance isn't his job.

when your 10 oz beer is $25 just remember those words

he chose to opt out of his contract that was set to pay him $14.5m that year.
he also didn't want to/couldn't adapt to the offense and woulda been cut anyway.
fuck him either way.