It is good to see at least one NFL player not being afraid to challenge the system.
Titans Jurrell Casey didn’t mince any words when talking about why he plans to protest during the anthem against racism and police brutality.
“I’m going to take a fine this year, why not?” said Casey at an NFL promotional event in London. “I’m going to protest during the flag. That’s what I’m going to say now.”
“I’m going to take my fine,” Casey added. “It is what it is, I ain’t going to let them stop me from doing what I want to do. If they want to have these battles between players and organizations, this is the way it’s going to be.”
Kaepernick’s situation does not sit well with Casey.
“I think he definitely deserves it,” he said. “For all these trash quarterbacks you see that get a shot, that come in and sit on the bench all day, you got a starting quarterback that’s out there that can go out there and play.
“You know he has the skill set to be a starting quarterback, and you hold him out just because he is speaking his mind. At the end of the day it speaks (volumes) on what these people really think about you.”“Around the NFL, guys are definitely not happy about it,” he said. “I feel it’s not right, I don’t think it was a good decision for the NFL to come up with that ruling. But they have their reasons for what they’ve done.”
But not Casey, who stressed that ultimately, the protest was a means to draw attention to social injustice in the US — a consistent message among players who have been vocal.
“It’s not necessarily about the anthem, that’s where everybody’s messing up,” he said. “The way that the justice system treats minorities is the issue that we have.
Good for Casey and I hope other NFL Players follow his lead.