PETERS – Misunderstanding at the heart of kneeling athletes controversy

THOSE ARGUING the heated “kneeling during the national anthem” debate are on two different pages, and could benefit from understanding the terms of reference.

More and more NFL players are kneeling during the pre-game playing of the Star-Spangled Banner, a movement started by quarterback Colin Kaepernick last year.

Since then, Kaepernick has been effectively black-balled.

He is a free agent, and it seems no team wants to be at the centre of the controversy he might bring, even though Kaepernick is far better than many quarterbacks employed in the league today.

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James Peters is the radio anchor at CFJC, coming to Kamloops in 2006. He anchors the afternoon news on B-100 and 98.3 CIFM, and contributes weekly editorials to the CFJC Evening News. He tweets regularly @Jamloops.