The way D.L. Hughley sees it, the NFL wouldn't be tangled in the web its woven had the league not organized itself to keep Colin Kaepernick out. And it's going to take him being given an opportunity for Roger Goodell and the owners to now have a chance at freeing themselves from what has become a social, fiscal, and legal quagmire. But Hughley doubts that'll happen because it has become apparent to him, he says, that they hate the man.
"The three most hated Black men in America are Barack Obama, Colin Kaepernick, and O.J. And two of them never were accused of murder," Hughley told a TMZ reporter at LAX airport on Monday morning, October 16. "They hate Colin Kaepernick right now more than they hate O.J."
As many have, Hughley pointed out how such accused purveyors of domestic abuse as Ezekiel Elliot and Greg Hardy have gotten second chances in the league, yet Kaepernick remains on the outs for speaking his mind. Both men's cases are particularly telling, Hughley, infers, seeing how they've played for, and received the protection of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. While Jones did kneel along with his team in what many thought was a gesture to instill some damage control following the President's inciteful remarks, he has since been the catalyst for owners now imposing rules that will require players to stand for the National Anthem.
