Miami Dolphins wide receiver Kenny Stills came out swinging Friday against the National Football League for “blackballing” two of the league’s original protesters, Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid.
On Wednesday, the Miami Dolphins announced their team award winners for the 2017 season.
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Kenny Stills, an anthem-kneeler for the last two seasons, was named as one of the 32 nominees for the 2017 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award.
The protest count for the NFL’s early games is going in the wrong direction. Last week, five NFL players protested during the playing of the national anthem during the league’s early slate of action.
Colin Kaepernick may have closed the door on the idea of continuing his anthem protest this season. However, fellow anthem-protestor Kenny Stills has left that door open.
Football players and coaches in a Texas youth league took a knee during the national anthem “to protest violence against black youth” on September 10.
