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This tweet explains the ins and out on what lead up to Kaepernick kneeling. One of the main reasons he too a knee, he felt that he had to stand up for people who were oppressed. he said "if they take football away from me, my endorsements from me.. i know i stood for what is right" . i guess he stood for what is right.

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This tweet is about Colin Kaepernick thanking two Miami Dolphin players, Kenny stills and Albert Wilson. Due to the fact that Kaepernick is no longer welcome on an NFL sideline he had to give his thanks through twitter. Colin Kaepernick voice is sill being heard, the NFL cant stop him.

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My Brothers @kstills and @ithinkisee12 continue to show their unwavering strength by fighting for the oppressed! They have not backed down, even when attacked and intimidated. Their courage will move the world forward! 

“Love is at the root of our resistance!”✊🏾

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My Brothers @kstills and @ithinkisee12 continue to show their unwavering strength by fighting for the oppressed! They have not backed down, even when attacked and intimidated. Their courage will move the world forward! 

“Love is at the root of our resistance!”✊🏾 https://t.co/2kSsX4s7EU

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My Brothers @kstills and @ithinkisee12 continue to show their unwavering strength by fighting for the oppressed! They have not backed down, even when attacked and intimidated. Their courage will move the world forward!

“Love is at the root of our resistance!”✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/2kSsX4s7EU
— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) September 9, 2018

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My Brothers @kstills and @ithinkisee12 continue to show their unwavering strength by fighting for the oppressed! They have not backed down, even when attacked and intimidated. Their courage will move the world forward! 

“Love is at the root of our resistance!”✊🏾 https://t.co/2kSsX4s7EU

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My Brothers @kstills and @ithinkisee12 continue to show their unwavering strength by fighting for the oppressed! They have not backed down, even when attacked and intimidated. Their courage will move the world forward! 

“Love is at the root of our resistance!”✊🏾 https://t.co/2kSsX4s7EU

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My Brothers @kstills and @ithinkisee12 continue to show their unwavering strength by fighting for the oppressed! They have not backed down, even when attacked and intimidated. Their courage will move the world forward! 

“Love is at the root of our resistance!”✊🏾

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This article expresses the ins and outs of Colin Kaepernick charity.Through six seasons in the NFL, Kaepernick made a little over $43 million for his time as a quarterback. In his first year out of the league, Kaepernick pledged to donate $1 million to a wide variety of charities ranging in causes from social justice to education.

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When Colin Kaepernick found himself without a job in the NFL, he turned his focus to activism, donating time and money to a wide variety of causes.

In just over a year, Kaepernick donated over $1 million to various charities, ranging in causes from social justice to education.

While Kaepernick has now re-entered the spotlight as the face of Nike's latest campaign, his commitment to his work doesn't show any signs of wavering.

Colin Kaepernick hasn't played an NFL snap since 2016, but that hasn't stopped him from using the money he made during his time in the league to make an impact off the field.

Kaepernick became a lightning rod of attention for his protests of police brutality during the national anthem before kickoff and subsequently found himself without a roster spot in 2017. While the protests he inspired carried on through the 2017 season, Kap himself turned to activism, dedicating his time and a significant amount of money to causes and charities that inspired him and helped others.

Through six seasons in the NFL, Kaepernick made a little over $43 million for his time as a quarterback. In his first year out of the league, Kaepernick pledged to donate $1 million to a wide variety of charities ranging in causes from social justice to education.

Over a year and a half, Kaepernick fulfilled that pledge, finished by donating $10,000 to 10 different organizations in January of this year, inviting different celebrities including Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, Serena Williams, and Meek Mill to match him throughout the streak of giving.

You can see a summary of Kaepernick's charitable pledges here.

On the eve of the 2018 NFL season, Kaepernick is still out of the league, but his commitment to causes he believes in hasn't wavered, and it has made him the star of a new Nike ad campaign that quickly became one of the biggest stories in sports.
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Nike's relationship with Kaepernick looks as though it will go beyond his initial endorsement and commercial - reports have said that the brand will aim to brand merchandise including shoes and shirts with Kap in mind. Additionally, while the exact value of his deal is still unclear, the brand will reportedly also donate money to Kaepernick's "Know Your Rights" campaign, which aims to "raise awareness on higher education, self-empowerment, and instruction to properly interact with law enforcement in various scenarios."

When Kaepernick was out of the league, his most powerful tool was his silence. He used his voice sparingly, retweeting here and there and rarely speaking publicly, choosing instead to go about his good works quietly and let his action speak for itself.

Now, it looks as though Kaepernick is ready to return to the spotlight as the centerpiece of Nike's ad campaign, but as he's already proven with his charitable contributions so far, his commitment to causes isn't going anywhere.

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Colin Kaepernick has already donated more than $1 million of his NFL earnings to social justice charities

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When Colin Kaepernick found himself without a job in the NFL, he turned his focus to activism, donating time and money to a wide variety of causes. In just over a year, Kaepernick donated over $1 million to various charities, ranging in causes from social justice to education.

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This article states how Colin Kaepernick believed the NFL was plotting to keep him off the field.Kaepernick, once one of the league’s best quarterbacks, has been out of work since March 2017, when he became a free agent before the San Francisco 49ers could release him.Since becoming a free agent, Kaepernick has talked to some teams but has not been invited to work out with them, and he has not been offered a new contract.

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Colin Kaepernick, left, kneeling alongside a San Francisco 49ers teammate, safety Eric Reid, during the national anthem in October 2016. Credit Credit Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press

In a major blow to the N.F.L., Colin Kaepernick achieved a preliminary but important win in his case accusing the league of colluding to keep him off the field because of the player protests during the national anthem that he instigated.

The ruling, essentially granting a full hearing on the dispute, keeps alive a case that the N.F.L. desperately wanted to go away. The league is preparing for a new season beginning next week and is still grappling with how to defuse the smoldering debate over players who demonstrate during the national anthem to protest racism, police brutality and social injustice.

Although the number of players who kneel has varied - and dwindled over the course of last season - since Kaepernick first did so in 2016, during a wave of police shootings of African-American men, the issue continues to divide fans and vex owners. It has also inspired persistent tweets from President Trump, whose calls for players who kneel to be fired has put pressure on owners, many of whom support him.

Kaepernick, once one of the league's best quarterbacks, has been out of work since March 2017, when he became a free agent before the San Francisco 49ers could release him. As a parade of lesser quarterbacks, at least statistically, found work, he filed a grievance asserting that the league's owners had conspired to keep him out because of his protests.

In a ruling this week that was disclosed Thursday, the arbitrator, Stephen B. Burbank, who was appointed by the league and the N.F.L. Players Association, said lawyers for Kaepernick had unearthed enough information in the past year for the case to proceed to a full hearing. After months of depositions - including those given by some of the most powerful owners in the league - as well as document searches, the lawyers will be able to question league officials, owners and others in a trial-like format.

The decision was revealed by Mark Geragos, Kaepernick's lawyer.

The N.F.L., which had asked the arbitrator to dismiss the case for lack of evidence, declined to comment. It cannot appeal the arbitrator's decision to move to a full hearing, but it can appeal a final ruling.

A hearing could begin by the end of the year, though the two sides could settle the case before then. Kaepernick is seeking damages equal to what he would have earned if he were still playing in the league.

The case has attracted so much attention, experts said, that it would have been difficult for Burbank to dismiss it.

"Politically, if you're the arbitrator, in a case as big as this is, there's no way to throw it out," said Charles Grantham, a former executive with the National Basketball Players Association who is now the director of the Center for Sport Management at Seton Hall University. "We knew that, as soon as Donald Trump put his fingerprints on the issue."

Fearing a backlash from fans angered by the protests, the league tightened its anthem policy in May to force players to stand for during the playing of the song, instead of just suggesting they stand. B ut the N.F.L. decided not to enforce the policy while league executives and the players' union discussed whether or how to proceed.

"Many people might think this case is about the anthem and not about collusion," said Michael LeRoy, who teaches at the School of Labor and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "It has now become a benchmark measure of whether you support Trump or do not support Trump."

Arbitrators often allow cases to proceed to a hearing, and in this case, Kaepernick's lawyers showed that "there was some genuine disputed issue regarding the existence of collusion," said Gabe Feldman, a law professor at Tulane University.

Yet cases alleging that sports leagues colluded are often difficult to win because there is rarely a so-called smoking gun document or directive instructing owners to act in a coordinated way against a player or players, Feldman said, and personnel decisions can be highly subjective.

One notable exception came in the late 1980s, when Major League Baseball was roiled by several cases brought by the players and their union accusing team owners of trying to keep down salaries. The cases ended in a settlement worth $280 million.

The bar may be higher for Kaepernick, said William Gould, who was chairman of the National Labor Relations Board and oversaw the M.L.B. strike in 1994.

"It's an uphill battle," Gould said. Still, the decision Thursday "does put pressure on the N.F.L. because it does allow Kaepernick to do more discovery, question witnesses, and present this full case in front of the arbitrator."

Kaepernick filed a grievance against the N.F.L. in October accusing the owners of conspiring to not offer him a new contract because of his decision to protest during the playing of the national anthem, which began in August 2016.

Since becoming a free agent, Kaepernick has talked to some teams but has not been invited to work out with them, and he has not been offered a new contract. Some team officials have quietly suggested that Kaepernick's best years are behind him, while others said they did not want to sign him to serve as a backup. Kaepernick, who is now 30, played six years with the 49ers and led them to the Super Bowl in his second season.

John Elway, the former Denver Broncos quarterback who is now the team's general manager, muddied the waters further when he told NFL Network that he did not sign Kaepernick because the player had once been offered a contract and turned it down.

Elway did not say explicitly that he shunned Kaepernick because he protested during the anthem. But Kaepernick's lawyers contend that the quarterback was still talented enough to play in the N.F.L., and that he was willing to be a backup.

During discovery, Kaepernick's lawyers have requested hundreds of pages of documents from the league office and teams. It has also questioned, in closed-door sessions, owners of the Dallas Cowboys, the New England Patriots - whose owners are among the most influential in the league, and friendly with the president - and several other teams, as well as league officials including Commissioner Roger Goodell and Troy Vincent, the executive vice president for football operations.

If Kaepernick wins his case in a full hearing, he would be eligible to receive the money he might have received if he were signed as a free agent. The damages would be doubled.

Eric Reid, who was one of the first players to protest with Kaepernick when both of them were on the 49ers, has also filed a grievance against the league. Reid became a free agent this off-season, and though he is considered one of the best safeties on the market, he has yet to be signed by a team.

Correction:

An earlier version of this article described incorrectly the damages Colin Kaepernick would receive if he were to win his collusion case against the N.F.L. in a full hearing. He would receive two times the amount of compensatory damages, not three times (which is for a second offense).

Kevin Draper contributed reporting.
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Colin Kaepernick's Collusion Case Against the N.F.L. Will Advance

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In a major blow to the N.F.L., Colin Kaepernick achieved a preliminary but important win in his case accusing the league of colluding to keep him off the field because of the player protests during the national anthem that he instigated. The ruling, essentially granting a full hearing on the dispute, keeps alive a case that the N.F.L.

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In the Colin Kaepernick Nike commercial he “stated believe in something even if it means sacrificing everything”. I am using this source again because Colin Kaepernick was so passionate about his believes that he lost everything.

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In this article Colin Kaepernick himself explained "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color”.By taking a stand for civil rights, Kaepernick, 28, joins other athletes, like the NBA's Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul, LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony and several WNBA players in using their platform and status to raise awareness to issues affecting minorities in the U.S.

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The former Super Bowl starting quarterback's decision to go public comes while he is fighting for his football life with the 49ers, who drafted him in the second round in 2011. He lost his starting job last season after being one of the most promising players in the NFL during his run under former coach Jim Harbaugh.

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Colin Kaepernick explains why he sat during national anthem

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The former Super Bowl starting quarterback's decision to go public comes while he is fighting for his football life with the 49ers, who drafted him in the second round in 2011. He lost his starting job last season after being one of the most promising players in the NFL during his run under former coach Jim Harbaugh.

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This article expresses Colin Kaepernick and the reasons why he kneeled during the national anthem. it also includes his new Nike news ad campaign " believe in something. even if that means sacrificing everything. simply which can be found on his twitter.

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How National Anthem protests took Colin Kaepernick from star QB to unemployment to a bold Nike ad

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Colin Kaepernick has become larger than football since he refused to stand two years ago as the National Anthem played before NFL games.

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In this article i found everything i didn’t know about Kaepernick and his kneeling.In an effort to raise awareness about systemic racism and police brutality, Kaepernick remained seated during the national anthem.The movement Kaepernick left in his wake will likely, once again, take center stage.

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It's been over two years since Colin Kaepernick opted to remain seated for the national anthem during an August 2016 preseason game with the San Francisco 49ers - a decision that sparked both a powerful movement and intense backlash.

Ahead of the Super Bowl, Kaepernick's attorney Mark Geragos slammed the NFL for what he claimed is collusion to continue to keep him out of the league in the wake of the protest during a Monday appearance on Today.

Stating that Kaepernick, 31, is still in great playing shape, Geragos said of Kaepernick going another season without being signed by a team, "There isn't anyone who has a couple of neurons firing that wouldn't say this isn't collusive activity."

As the NFL season comes to an end, the movement Kaepernick left in his wake has, once again, taken center stage. Here's what you need to know about the evolution of the athlete's push for social change - and why some are against it.

Preseason 2016

In an effort to raise awareness about systemic racism and police brutality, the then-28-year-old football star remained seated during the national anthem in August 2016 at the Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick told Steve Wyche of NFL Media about the move aftewards.

"To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way," he continued. "There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder... I am 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."

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At the time, the 49ers shared their support in a statement, according to ESPN. "The national anthem is and always will be a special part of the pregame ceremony," the team said. "It is an opportunity to honor our country and reflect on the great liberties we are afforded as its citizens."

"In respecting such American principles as freedom of religion and freedom of expression, we recognize the right of an individual to choose to participate, or not, in our celebration of the national anthem."

A few days after the initial game where Kaepernick was recognized for sitting, he told the media: "To me, this is something that has to change. When there's significant change and I feel like that flag represents what it's supposed to represent and this country is representing people the way that it's supposed to, I'll stand."

2016 to 2017 season

By the beginning of September, Kaepernick was kneeling instead of sitting during the national anthem - he wanted to clarify that his protest was not about disrespecting the U.S. military.

Slowly, more athletes began to join Kaepernick, starting first with some of his 49ers teammates.

Dubbed the #TakeAKnee movement, the silent act of protest quickly spread to include members of the Seattle Seahawks, the Denver Broncos and other NFL players, plus female soccer star Megan Rapinoe, high school athletes and more. Some people also chose to stand and link arms instead of kneeling.

As support swelled, so did backlash against Kaepernick. In March 2017, he opted out of his contract with the 49ers. The quarterback hasn't been hired by another team since - despite, as Sport's Illustrated has noted, the fact that he threw 16 touchdowns and only 4 interceptions in 2017.

In an ongoing lawsuit, Kaepernick is suing the NFL for colluding to keep him unsigned because of his politics. An arbitrator recently threw out the NFL's request to dismiss the case.

Fall of 2017 and beyond

As more players followed Kaepernick's lead, President Donald Trump weighed in on the protests in September 2017 with a series of tweets, stating - among other things - that NFL owners should fire players who do not stand for the anthem, as it is disrespectful to the American flag and military.

During a rally speech in Alabama that same month, Trump told the crowd, "Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, say, 'Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. Out, you're fired.' "

Still, Kaepernick stayed focus, and was honored with the 2017 Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali Legacy Award.

"I say this as a person who receives credit for using my platform to protest systemic oppression, racialized injustice and the dire consequences of anti-blackness in America," Kaepernick said at SI 's Sportsperson of the Year ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. "I accept this award not for myself, but on behalf of the people. Because if it were not for my love of the people, I would not have protested. And if it was not for the support from the people, I would not be on this stage today."

He continued, "With or without the NFL's platform, I will continue to work for the people because my platform is the people."

By early 2018, Kaepernick had donated $1 million to charities that serve oppressed communities, Sport's Illustrated reported.

In May 2018, NFL owners approved rules that force players to stand on the sideline or remain in the locker room during the anthem and fine those who do not comply. But according to the Washington Post, the policy is on hold because of disagreements between the league and the NFL Players Association.

And in September of last year, the athlete was revealed as a new face of Nike's "Just Do It" campaign: a black and white closeup of Kaepernick's face with the superimposed words, "Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything." Two days later, a full commercial with Kaepernick was released.

Many - including fellow athletes like tennis champion Serena Williams and NBA star LeBron James, who are both part of the campaign - praised Nike, while others responded with fury, threatening to boycott the sportswear titan.

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What to Know About Colin Kaepernick: How the Former Quarterback's Protests Started

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Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick first sat for the national anthem during an August 2016 preseason game - sparking a movement and continued controversy

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This article simply explain what happened the first time Kaepernick took a knee. The first time he took a kneel he had a green beret proudly by his side. He goes by the name of nate boyer , he was a 10 year veteran of the us army. He served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Colin Kaepernick Knelt For The Anthem Because A Veteran Told Him To

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Who first suggested that Colin Kaepernick kneel during the national anthem? It was actually veteran and NFL player Nate Boyer who suggested that 49er take a knee.

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