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Appearing on Thrusday’s NBC Today, sports columnist Mike Lupica actually criticized the ongoing protests in the NFL against the National Anthem inspired by 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Despite most of the media cheering the disrespectful display, Lupica downplayed the impact: “I don't think it's become a wave, a thing that's sweeping the country. But it’s also not the Freedom Marches, okay?”
He continued: “And I think he really hurt his own cause, Kaepernick did, by even predating this by wearing socks that depicted policemen as pigs. I think it works against what he's trying to say.” Lupica then chastised other NFL players joining in the Black Lives Matter demonstration: “And what bothers me...about this thing is I think other guys are joining in who aren't quite as passionate about this as Kaepernick is and they're sort of treating it like it’s the Ice Bucket Challenge, you know?”