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Thu Aug 23, 2018, 06:34 PM Aug 2018

49ers trade away their last original anthem-kneeler

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/

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49ers trade away their last original anthem-kneeler (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Aug 2018 OP
SF is the most liberal city Power 2 the People Aug 2018 #1
I don't want to be vulgar, but fuck the 49ers and fuck the NFL. dem4decades Aug 2018 #2
Teams who dump players for this reason will regret it... Wounded Bear Aug 2018 #3
He became a free agent, and like Kaepernick, couldn't land a gig Brother Buzz Aug 2018 #4

Brother Buzz

(36,478 posts)
4. He became a free agent, and like Kaepernick, couldn't land a gig
Sat Aug 25, 2018, 03:41 PM
Aug 2018

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.

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