49ers trade away their last original anthem-kneeler

[left-of-center2012]

Eli Harold was standing again, and now he can leave for Detroit.

The outside linebacker, one of the three original San Francisco players to protest during the national anthem, was dealt to the Lions for a conditional seventh-round pick Thursday.

He was the last of the three to remain with the team. Colin Kaepernick, who spearheaded the movement, opted out of his contract before the 2017 season and hasn’t found work since. Safety Eric Reid became a free agent this offseason and still has not been picked up by anyone.

Harold had protested police brutality and discrimination in the U.S. for the past two seasons, but changed his stance this year and has stood during “The Star-Spangled Banner” for the first two exhibition games.

https://nypost.com/2018/08/23/49ers-trade-away-their-last-original-anthem-kneeler/

[Power 2 the People]

1. SF is the most liberal city

You'd figure political dissent would be respected there.

[dem4decades]

2. I don't want to be vulgar, but fuck the 49ers and fuck the NFL.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Teams who dump players for this reason will regret it...

[Brother Buzz]

4. He became a free agent, and like Kaepernick, couldn't land a gig

49ers were tepid with him, but resigned him for a one-year-no-frill-contract. Reid didn't fit their game plan so they traded him forward; no regrets.