Seven years ago, Colin Kaepernick was in the same space on the opposite end of the spectrum. He was asked about kneeling during the national anthem at NFL games. When he was asked about it, he didn't run from it. He stood on everything he believed in. He lost his job because of it. He wasn't afraid of the consequences. He didn't care what people thought. He just did what he thought was right. At the very least, even if you didn't agree with how Kaepernick protested, you had to respect at least his message and what he was willing to sacrifice to ensure everyone received it.

So wearing a hat is the same as intentionally disrespecting the national anthem over something that statistically impacts white people more per capita? Krapernick lost his job because he was a horrendous QB who took zero risks to maintain a nonsensical QBR (which doesn’t account for things like intentionally throwing a safer short pass on third down, guaranteeing a completion AND a turnover) and subsequently torpedoed every opportunity the NFL tried giving him because being a pariah was more profitable.