Maybe if Cam Newton had better leadership and body language the defense would have followed their assignments.

To be fair, he was too tired, and had to take a knee. Your daughter wore him out too close to game time.

As far as protests go, I consider it to be a very subtle and respectful one. It’s not like he is dumping tea in the harbor or secretly fomenting revolution against a king...

Exactly! The whole thing is about how we, as a nation, are not living up to the values that our military defends/fights for. By taking the knee they’re saying that we can do better. We should do better.

Seeing as the MLBPA and the reserve clause coexisted for just under a decade, I’m not sure it’s something that was “agreed” to so much as “something the union lived with until they could kill it”.