While the man who started it all is still forced to play a full-time social justice activist rather than his former role as a mediocre quarterback in the league, Carolina Panthers’ safety Eric Reid is keeping the anthem protest tradition going on the sidelines — and condemning anyone he perceives as undermning Colin Kaepernick. That loyalty hasn’t gone unnoticed by the former San Francisco second-stringer.
In the latest episode of the ongoing but far-diminished NFL kneeling controversy, Reid, as he’s done for every game since he joined his former teammate in protesting the country, again took a knee during the performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner” before his latest game. Reid further showed his loyalty to Kaepernick’s cause after the loss by blasting entertainment mogul Jay-Z for choosing a “money move … behind Colin’s back.”
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