Joe Namath Defends NFL Protest to 'Fox & Friends': 'Look Up the Word Oppression'
by Joe DePaolo | 9:27 am, October 10th, 2017
NFL Hall of Famer Joe Namath is a Fox News regular — frequently stopping by as a guest on many of the network’s programs. But during an appearance Tuesday on Fox & Friends, Broadway Joe did not toe the Fox line while speaking about the NFL protests.
The Super Bowl-winning New York Jets quarterback spoke out in support of the cause of the protests — shining a light on racial and social oppression in the United States.
“[G]oing back to what Colin Kaepernick initially did, it was to point out some injustice that’s being done to the black race,” Namath said. “Or to people that obviously when you look — and I say obviously, some of these dash cams and shootings that were done to unarmed people. He was reaching out to try to get it more investigated. So that’s where this oppression thing comes in.”
Namath was speaking out in response to Hall of Fame former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka — who told Westwood One that there’s been no oppression in the United States in the last 100 years. Broadway Joe strongly disagreed.
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Tried to pick me up at the Atlanta Airport once!
He was quite a charming, tanned dude and I didn’t recognize him, but after I politely told him no, my brother (who was there to actually pick me up 😜
came running up all excited and flustered about the older guy who had just been talking me up! Did I KNOW who that was???
Heh.
Nope.
But he had beautiful eyes.
On point, it was interesting to hear him speak to the buffoons on this show.
