Piers Morgan slams Colin Kaepernick for not standing for the flag but bowing down to Nike dollars
San Fransisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick is probably now one of the most polarising figures in sports, and it all happened when he refused to stand up for the national anthem back in 2016. As a protest against the indiscriminate shootings and other injustices done to the African-Americans and other minorities in the US, the player who is at present without a team began the movement "take a knee" which is now being followed by a wave of players.
Colin did receive several backlashes from people. He was not even spared by President Donald Trump who easily seized the opportunity during a rally at Alabama where he claimed that team owners should "get that son of a b***h off the field". However, in Colin's own words he was "not looking for approval". "I have to stand up for people that are oppressed. ... If they take football away, my endorsements from me, I know that I stood up for what is right", he had said. While his protest was carried on by several other players, it did cost him an entire season and he is now a player without a team.