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Real reason why Kaepernick’s Nike ad troubles military veterans

Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything. #JustDoIt pic.twitter.com/x5TnU7Z51i

As a former green beret who played briefly in the NFL and helped shape Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem protest, Nate Boyer is as qualified as anyone to provide an honest review of Nike’s ad campaign featuring the ex-49ers quarterback.

Boyer, who graduated from Dublin’s Valley Christian High before going to the University of Texas and eventually to the Seahawks, said he and a lot of his fellow veterans don’t have an issue with the “Just Do It” ad featuring Kaepernick.

Ex-Green Beret and former NFL long snapper Nate Boyer says the veteran community takes more offense to the message of Nike's campaign rather than Colin Kaepernick's involvement in it pic.