So... we're all waiting for regular season on Thursday evening, and the big Superb Owl rematch @Sports Authority (5:30 pdt), the full slate on Sunday, featuring Dolphins@Seahawks (1:05), and then the MNF doubleheader, capped off with Rams@49ers (7:15). Does any player sit on TNF? J.Lane & C.Kaepernick have already said they're doing it again in Seattle & Santa Clara. It's going to be a fun opening week, that's for sure.
Again, what amazes me isn't the vilifying of Kaepernick, it's the NFL giving up some control of the workplace. From the owner's perspective, that's crazy town, and I can't imagine they don't end up clawing that back.
For the NFL I foresee a sequence of... 1, 3, 7, 27, serious PR problems. If more players start piling on a bandwagon, WTF happens? What if white players start jumping on enmass? What about other employees? What about employees of vendors? What about the fans?
If such a critical mass develops, at some point the anger is going to spread from Kaepernick, the 2nd string QB if he even makes the team, to the NFL, the business. Anyone remember the Dixie Chicks...
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Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson
This is interesting for another reason.
With the recent dustup with the WNBA players, the cops in question were moonlighting, they weren't on duty. The union official that defended the boycotting cops was moonlighting too, as he works for their PD union. Also, what wasn't widely reported, the moonlighting cops and the WNBA players had a meeting, and the moonlighting cops happily returned to work.
AFAIK cops aren't allowed to moonlight like this in Cali at all. I'm sure the cops that work Levi's are fully on duty. The union official talking about a boycott would be working for the recognized PD union. This wouldn't be moonlighters walking off, this would be the "Blue Flu"... in other words, a wildcat strike.
Last edited by Shame Trolly !!!1!; 09-03-2016 at 12:52 PM.