black balling

08/24/17- There was a protest in front of the NFL Headquarters yesterday in support of Colin Kaepernick. The NAACP, members of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and even Susan Sarandon showed up but you couldn’t find former NFL players Jim Brown and Ray Lewis anywhere! They were too busy house keeping at Trump Tower! Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow […]

Protesters will meet in front of the NFL headquarters in New York today in support of Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick who played for the San Francisco 49ers in the 2016-2017 NFL season protested against police brutality in each of his games by taking a knee during the playing of the national anthem. In an interview with […]

Over the weekend, Roland Martin was honored by baseball legend Hank Aaron’s Freedom Fighters Awards. The two had a conversation over the NFL black balling Colin Kaepernick. “I think he’s [Colin Kaepernick] getting a raw deal. He is 1,2,3,4. I don’t think anybody can do the things he could do. I wish somebody would open up and give him […]

A video posted on Facebook has gone viral on the internet, featuring Black men of all ages, professions, and shades, wearing a black t-shirt over their favorite jerseys. The movement is called #BLACKOUTNFL. It is in response to the NFL blackballing Colin Kaepernick for taking a knee at football games in protest of police brutality. In […]

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets coach Todd Bowles will not stand in the way of any of his players protesting during the national anthem. No Jets players have indicated that they would opt to not stand during the performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” as then-San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick did last season. […]

Colin Kaepernick is still out of a job. ESPN’s Bomani Jones talks with Roland about it. When asked if Kaepernick not playing can be called black balling, Jones replied, ” it’s kind of hard to argue against it at this point.” “The protest is the reason why this young man doesn’t have a job”, explains […]

The NFL is treating Kaepernick like a runaway slave, making him an example so other players get the message: Don’t get too uppity or we will blackball you. Civil rights activist Najee Ali one of the leading activists in Los Angeles and CEO of Project Islamic Hope – and Pastor K.W. Tulloss, Western Regional Director […]