ABikerSailor
Diamond Member
You guys would do well to know why Kap went from just sitting to taking a knee..............
Seems that a veteran who plays for the Seahawks saw him sitting during the anthem and asked him what it was about. Kap told him, and the veteran told Kap that it would be better and more respectful if he took a knee during the anthem rather than sitting, because that is how the military honors their fallen.
Here's how Nate Boyer got Colin Kaepernick to go from sitting to kneeling
In the 49ers' final preseason game, backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick decided to kneel for the national anthem instead of taking a seat on the bench.
Turns out it was former Seahawks player and Green Beret Nate Boyer who talked Kap into making the change. Boyer wrote an open letter to Kaepernick earlier this season, and it caused the two to meet up and discuss America and honoring the anthem.
On the upcoming episode of HBO's "Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel" (airing Tuesday night at 10 p.m. ET), Boyer reveals what happened in the discussion between the two men.
"We sorta came to a middle ground where he would take a knee alongside his teammates," Boyer says. "Soldiers take a knee in front of a fallen brother's grave, you know, to show respect. When we're on a patrol, you know, and we go into a security halt, we take a knee, and we pull security."
Seems that a veteran who plays for the Seahawks saw him sitting during the anthem and asked him what it was about. Kap told him, and the veteran told Kap that it would be better and more respectful if he took a knee during the anthem rather than sitting, because that is how the military honors their fallen.
Here's how Nate Boyer got Colin Kaepernick to go from sitting to kneeling
In the 49ers' final preseason game, backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick decided to kneel for the national anthem instead of taking a seat on the bench.
Turns out it was former Seahawks player and Green Beret Nate Boyer who talked Kap into making the change. Boyer wrote an open letter to Kaepernick earlier this season, and it caused the two to meet up and discuss America and honoring the anthem.
On the upcoming episode of HBO's "Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel" (airing Tuesday night at 10 p.m. ET), Boyer reveals what happened in the discussion between the two men.
"We sorta came to a middle ground where he would take a knee alongside his teammates," Boyer says. "Soldiers take a knee in front of a fallen brother's grave, you know, to show respect. When we're on a patrol, you know, and we go into a security halt, we take a knee, and we pull security."