'San Francisco 49er C
olin Kaepernick decided to sit during the national anthem because he is "not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people and people of color." In a special edition of Edge of Sports, host
Dave Zirin talks with
DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association, on what the union can, and cannot do, to protect Kaepernick, and why the NFLPA - and not the NFL - is his "family" at this moment in time.'
Published on August 29, 2016 09:17