On Tuesday, Blue Jackets and Team USA head coach John Tortorella was asked by ESPN’s Linda Cohn for his reaction to the Colin Kaepernick story and how he would handle a player of his protesting during the national anthem. His response quickly became one of the top stories of the day:
Team USA coach John Tortorella tells @lindacohn how he will handle players who sit during the national anthem. pic.twitter.com/vxuX48BAuy
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 7, 2016
One of the best breakdowns of the Kaepernick story comes from SB Nation’s own Matt Ufford:
As Ufford says at 1:40, it’s easier to have an opinion on whether it’s appropriate to sit during the national anthem than it is to have a discussion of systemic racism in this country.