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MSU's Tom Izzo: I was 'ignorant' on meaning of Colin Kaepernick's protest

There's a scene at the end of "Rocky IV," where Rocky Balboa, victorious against the mighty Ivan Drago, tells the once-hostile Soviet Union crowd, "If I can change, and you can change, everybody can change!"

Well, Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo is living proof that no matter what your age, you can change.

Izzo, appearing on 97.1 The Ticket on Tuesday, told morning-show hosts Mike Stone and Jamie Samuelsen that when then-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick started the movement of kneeling during the national anthem in 2016 to protest police brutality, he didn't agree with it.