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An NFL Executive Compares Kaepernick to a Man Who Murdered a Pregnant Woman
He said "he hasn't seen this much collective dislike among front office members regarding a player since Rae Carruth."
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Rae Carruth in 2003. (AP Photo / David T. Foster III)

Chancellor Lee Adams is a beautiful young man with a smile that could light up a room. He is 16 years old and lives with cerebral palsy. His grandmother, Saundra Adams told the Charlotte Observer with pride, “[Now] He’s able to feed himself some. He’s able to dress himself with minimal assistance. And the biggest thing is he’s able to walk.”

The cerebral palsy occurred after he was delivered ten weeks early, his face blue due to lack of oxygen. But his birth wasn’t “premature.” It was by a cesarean performed on the lifeless body of his mother Cherica Adams, who was murdered earlier that night. Cherica Adams was one of two targets that night, the other being Chancellor Lee. Four men, including Chancellor’s father, Carolina Panther wide receiver Rae Carruth, planned the killing. This was Carruth’s way of attempting to avoid paying child support. The only reason they were caught—and the only reason Chancellor Lee Adams is alive—is because Cherica Adams somehow called 911 and identified her killers with her last breath.

Of the four people involved in the shooting, three have apologized to Chancellor and his grandmother Saundra Adams. Rae Carruth, still serving his 18-year sentence, has not.

Rae Carruth’s act was an extreme example of issues that have plagued the NFL—violence against women, gun culture and the entitlement that comes with stardom. But his case stands out. Rae Carruth presents as a true sociopath. His actions were so monstrous that they are rarely, if ever, revisited. Even at the height of the discussion about violence against women in 2014, after video of then-Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice punching his fiancée was released, Rae Carruth’s name was rarely raised. Comparing Rice’s action to Carruth’s was deemed out of bounds even for those who believed Rice should never play again.

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Yet this week, Rae Carruth was mentioned for the first time in recent memory by an NFL executive—as a point of comparison to San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick who remained seated during the national anthem to protest police violence.

As NFL veteran journalist Mike Freeman wrote on Bleacher Report:

(Front office executives] sympathetic to Kaepernick’s stance) seem to be far outnumbered by the members of NFL front offices who despise him. Truly, truly hate him. “I don’t want him anywhere near my team,” one front office executive said. “He’s a traitor.” One executive said he hasn’t seen this much collective dislike among front office members regarding a player since Rae Carruth.

Of course, fake tough guys that these NFL executives are, they only gave their comments to Freeman on condition of anonymity. To equate a silent act of protest against police violence with the murder of a pregnant woman is upsetting enough. But even if you don’t agree with Kaepernick’s actions and politics—and I do—this kind of moral calculus should be deeply disturbing to every player and fan and the NFL Players Association. These comments offer a window into how these NFL executives think. How seriously can they possibly take violence against women if they would equate the killing of Cherica Adams with Colin Kaepernick making a political stance? How seriously do they take the police violence that so many NFL players—68% of whom are African American—care about, if they would say that Colin Kaepernick is as toxic as someone who would have his pregnant girlfriend shot?

This world is divided by the cowardly and the courageous. Rae Carruth is a coward. Chancellor Lee and Saundra Adams are courageous. The late Cherica Adams was beyond courageous, saving her son with her last breath. I know on which side of that line these anonymous NFL executives stand. I also know where Colin Kaepernick stands.

For those not sure whether to support Kaepernick, when in doubt, stand with the brave.
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Like I said, they don't want to listen.

I would love to see pro athletes sit a couple of seasons out.

I imagine it would be more difficult for the NFL guys considering that the sport is only popular here, but I know the NBA folks could still get paid overseas.
 
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The NFL as an organization and its executives are racist and senile.

I don't want to hear anything about morals coming from any of those guys at all.

If they cared so much about America, why do they charge the military for everything that they do?


The league doesn't even exist without black men, yet and still they look at them as well paid slaves and don't have any knowledge of the black experience if it doesn't involve a field.
 
Kaep is a bad person but the NFL is a billion dollar industry that has struggled to take care of its players in the most dangerous sport there is.

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On mobile, but Nate Boyer, who played for the seahawks and is an ex-green Beret wrote a fantastic piece about his thoughts on this situation. Maybe some could link it...(espn)
 
CashBanks said:
I love how everyone just adores the anthem all of sudden but won't touch on the lyrics or the writer being reason enough not to stand [emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji]
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Because some of the people that are outraged at CK don't know all the words for the first verse, so they try not to bring it up or dismiss it 
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B7AudiA4 said:
Even though alot of messed up stuff goes down in this country it's still the country I Live in, when the anthem comes on I'm going to show respect.

Not saying he's a dbag for doing what he did but from what I understand he's American and has made a damn good life for himself here, I can't understand why people can't take such a little amount of time for the anthem
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Man....F that anthem!! I'm not showing respect for a anthem that was made to keep my ancestors enslaved. I was forced to stand for it during school...NEVER again! I will teach my kids to never stand for it too.  
 
B7AudiA4 said:
Even though alot of messed up stuff goes down in this country it's still the country I Live in, when the anthem comes on I'm going to show respect.

Not saying he's a dbag for doing what he did but from what I understand he's American and has made a damn good life for himself here, I can't understand why people can't take such a little amount of time for the anthem
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I can't understand how America got 400+ years of free slave labor, and has yet to pay any of it to African-Americans
 
they are playing respectability politics

he is rich so he should be grateful/ shut up

if he was poor itd be just shut uo
 
So the affected poor shouldn't speak, and the sympathetic rich shouldn't either. So we just keep tap dancin on down the road and be grateful huh? That cartoon posted above is too true.
 
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Started to watch but that second questioner was just wild ignorant, couldn't get through it even though Polight was cool.
 
Had a chance to talk to 2 of my African American friends about the situation. One is an older gentleman, former Army, he is actually one of the Physician Assistants at my clinic who I go golf with on occasion. Other is a friend from High School. Pretty interesting ideas/thoughts brought up by both. First one I spoke with was our PA, we were out on the green and I asked him what he thought of Kaep. He shook his head and chuckled "the audacity of that guy. There are so many ways to go about things and he's taking the wrong route. Disprespecting our nation, flag and anthem. He doesn't realize that people die daily fighting for the rights that are given to us, the same rights that allows him to act like an idiot. People of all nationalities are over there fighting, for everyone. They're not there defending one race. I didn't go around Iraq shouting I'm only defending the rights of black people, nor did the white soldier next to me go around shouting oh I'm only going to have the backs of white people over here. It's just ridiculous"
Well we talked a bit and that was that. Few days later had my buddy at my house and he brought up Romo getting hurt (Cowboys fan) and how we should get Kaep. I asked him what he thought, and I let him know what my other friend thought, he said "you're asking a black man who golfs and is a doctor, what does he know. He don't know the struggles" I said "so just because he's successful and golfs means he doesn't know the struggle? Isn't that racism in itself? Dividing out black people within you're own race??" He said "na but he's not on the streets and doesn't have the same struggles as everyone else" I said "but still, y'all are the same race. Kaep is standing up for black people, he's not standing up for less fortunate black people"
I dunno, it was just interesting talks. My high school friend really didn't know how to explain what he was trying to tell me. I'm Hispanic btw.
 
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