Race was always a part of Colin's actions, right? What was his reason for the protest?
But I don't really care...he's not on my fantasy team. If he was putting up Rodgers' type numbers, he would be...
Rahim was a great team player, family man, respectful and a devout Muslim, as was Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Abdul Rahman (Walt Hazzard). The great Sandy Koufax caught all sorts of flack for skipping games due to Jewish Holidays. When I was younger, and rooting for the Dodgers, I agreed with conventional wisdom that criticized Sandy...now I recognize the courage it took to make his decision to do that...
There have been several other major athletes who have made historic public protest stances with some type of defiant action, and paid a price: I am amazed by and marvel at their courage...Muhammad Ali, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, Jackie Robinson, Jim Brown to name a few...Colin K is not in their league as a performer, but gets my respect too.