National Anthem Kneeling

       Around a month ago a professional football player named Colin Kaepernick set a current trend that is going around professional sports by kneeling when the national anthem was played. He said he would continue to kneel during the anthem until people of color were not oppressed in the United States anymore. Players have also taken a similar approach by raising their fist during the anthem. This has since become a nationwide controversy of people's opinions ranging from disgust and saying it disrespects our country, to agreeing wholeheartedly, or even agreeing with the reason but will not kneel for the national anthem. This whole thing has boosted players jersey sales like Kaepernick's or ending endorsement contracts like linebacker for the Denver Broncos Brandon Marshall with CenturyLink.

 When I give my opinion just to be clear I don't mean to disrespect anyone on this. I think that it is great that athletes are steping up and becoming more involved in our country like this. They have found a reason to bring up a discussion to a relevant  topic that needed to be talked about. I also think it is good that it is not a violent protest and they are also exercising the first amendment with this. I am fine with them doing this but think it is wrong when a person competing for Team USA does it because they are directly representing the flag. So overall I think this has mostly been a good thing and agree with the cause even though I myself have no plans to do something of the sort. I am also very interested in what everyone else thinks.