| So I think anything outside of the arena would be great. I'm cynical about Kaep for example - his wife Tweeted that 'NFL owners are like slavers' which is possibly the most toxic and insulting thing a player's wife could say, and that the media supported her on it tells me there is a problem. He makes a big name for himself lighting up controversy. But let's take a guy like Kaep and assume totally 'goodwill and intent': Anything with the team logo or directly at gametime that is controversial is out of bounds. It's not his place to use that forum - much like you or I couldn't use our workplace to do something that upset a lot of customers - we'd be fired. Anything off field is great: Social reach outs, Television appearances, testifying in Congress, rallying people to protest, working with communities, governance. With the team - he could 'work with them on something material' for example direct programs by teams to help with the community. I think one example would be to literally get players and cops to sit down - behind closed doors - and talk. Cops will listen to sports heroes. Also, having a black stripe on uniforms etc. is a nice touch to signal support of a movement, that's not remotely antagonizing. And FYI nobody should have to stand for the flag. Jehova's Witnesses, Mennonites etc. don't believe that God's Children should be divided by nationalism. They won't serve in the military for that reason either. So - sitting it out in the locker room would be perfectly fine. What Lebron has done seems mostly in bounds to me - except have some have noted on this thread it's quite hypocritical to be fully BLM but to completely tow the CCP line even if he has obviously more affinity for one form of protest ... it's hard to have full integrity when you're just raising a fuss over your own thing. I think it would have worked out better with a smarter touch, and I honestly don't fully buy guys like Kaep's intentions. He seems a little bit Trumpish to me, i.e. there's a layer of 'self serving' to all of it. |