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Kaepernick pulls a Steve Bono (https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=274347)

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 9797119)

Niner fans are lame. They're amongst, if not THE, wealthiest fans in the entire nation. I'm guessing most of the people that show up at the stadium on Sunday couldn't care less.

It's a silly non-issue, IMO.

well thanks......asshole.

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Originally Posted by gblowfish (Post 9797132)

It's a good thing he wasn't wearing Raiders gear. Those SF fans would cut his balls off for that. They do not get a long. At all.

The 49ers majority are so hungry for a qb that the world respects, ala Joe, or Steve, definitely not Alex, that this is essentially a kick in the nuts for Niner fans. There are those idiot niner fans who will say this is no big deal, because they cant swing hard enough from this guys nuts. If it were Alex Smith, the implosion would be 10000x worse. They would of probably burned the guys house down......

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Originally Posted by Maverick91579 (Post 9797133)

well thanks......asshole.

LMAO

His expression in that pic doesn't help him much. He'd have been better off not saying anything about it at all.

Thankfully, Alex Smith doesn't wear Dolphins gear, so we essentially ****ed those idiots in the trade. Bet they're sorry...

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Originally Posted by KcMizzou (Post 9797142)

His expression in that pic doesn't help him much. He'd have been better off not saying anything about it at all.

He's a kid.

At what point to do stop putting kid athletes on pedestals in this country?

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 9797144)

He's a kid.

At what point to do stop putting kid athletes on pedestals in this country?

He can be held accountable without being on a pedestal. These are indeed mutually exclusive.

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Originally Posted by Marcellus (Post 9796573)

I guess maybe my standards for intelligence are higher than some. Its a dumbass move and shows he is in fact a dumbass. My wife who cares 0 about football when I asked her what she though about it said "what an idiot".

Not to mention if I were the guy writing his checks, the one with the Niner logo on them, I would be ****ing pissed.

Does the "hat" effect what happens on the field? No other than it brings his intelligence into question and if you dont understand that, dont know what to tell you.

And like I stated if Alex Smith did that you would have a ****ing field day with it.

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Originally Posted by Phobia (Post 9796836)

It is just a stupid hat. But it's bad form. It's especially bad form to act like a complete dick when called on it. The dude is under contract to the Niners. It's similar to endorsing Nike but wearing Adidas gear around town. It's not the right thing to do for the brand and for the fans. There's a reason why tens of thousands of NFL players have never really run into this problem before. They have a brain.

These arguments are asinine. The 49ers sign his checks...at a RIDICULOUS discount. Cut his ass, and he goes from making $700k to $7m overnight. The 49ers aren't doing him a favor.

...and it's nothing like signing a deal with Nike and wearing Adidas. He is paid to play football, not make fashion statements in the offseason. He had no choice as to who drafted him. As long as he wears the right helmet on Sundays, his baseball cap collection is meaningless.

If you work for Coke, not a good idea to get photographed wearing Pepsi swag. Just sayin...

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Originally Posted by gblowfish (Post 9797151)

If you work for Coke, not a good idea to get photographed wearing Pepsi swag. Just sayin...

Really?

I worked at Universal for years. No one "hated" Warner Brothers or Sony. I worked at Paramount for almost a decade and no one hated Uni or WB.

I just find this kind of thinking to be outdated, especially in a time when people change jobs so frequently.

The loyalty is to yourself, not to a corporation.

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Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 9797146)

He can be held accountable without being on a pedestal. These are indeed mutually exclusive.

Accountable for what, exactly?

Did he break any rules? I mean, for ****'s sake, the NFL has a shit ton of rules and ridiculous contracts (and constraints on their players, I might add).

For what should he be held accountable?

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Originally Posted by Saul Good (Post 9797149)

Absolutely. I mean, ****, teams haven't had bounties out on opposing teams' QBs for years, despite recent hypocrisy citing otherwise, so I'd love to wear someone else's gear.

The truth is, however, that the stupid ****ing hat probably matched his board shorts. He wasn't thinking about it, got called out, and then snapped a stupid ****ing picture. Shit happens.

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Originally Posted by DeezNutz (Post 9797156)

The truth is, however, that the stupid ****ing hat probably matched his board shorts. He wasn't thinking about it, got called out, and then snapped a stupid ****ing picture. Shit happens.

Or, like Drew Brees, Peyton Manning and so many others, Dan Marino was his favorite QB growing up, so the Dolphins are dear to his heart.

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 9797155)

Very little.

He needs to be told to quit posting potentially antagonist shit to social media sites. Aside from this, it's pretty much a non-issue in terms of team involvement.

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Originally Posted by gblowfish (Post 9797151)

If you work for Coke, not a good idea to get photographed wearing Pepsi swag. Just sayin...

...or what? If you work for Coke and get fired, you're job hunting. If Kapernick gets cut, his phone immediately starts ringing off the hook with teams begging to pay him 10x what he's currently making.

This is not Coke versus Pepsi. Coke and Pepsi aren't the same corporation. They don't run advertisements from a pooled fund to promote soft drinks. They don't agree to some set of rules to ensure that their sales are as even as possible. They don't swap employee contracts. There is nothing about this analogy that is pertinent.