Colin Kaepernick didn't play that well in the 49ers' home preseason game Friday night, but he did plenty more to hurt his standing with the team before the game — by sitting during the national anthem.
This wasn't Gabby Douglas doing something different but culturally acceptable in the most patriotic of moments. This was an NFL quarterback sticking to his convinctions and making a strong political statement.
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But because it's the N-F-L, an athetlic organization even more about the U-S-A than the Olympics, Kaepernick must accept the backlash that's about to come from everywhere.