Pro Football Hall of Famer and Cleveland Browns legend Jim Brown disagrees with the way former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is protesting racial injustice.
In an interview with ThePostGame on Thursday, he argued that kneeling or sitting during the national anthem is un-American.
"I'm going to give you the real deal," said Brown. "I'm an American. I don't desecrate my flag and my national anthem. I'm not gonna do anything against the flag and the national anthem. I'm going to work within those situations. But this is my country, and I'll work out the problems, but I'll do it in an intelligent manner."
He added that Kaepernick would do better to organize and mobilize others behind his cause.
"I want to be in his corner, and I do think, 'God bless him,' but that's not my leadership," Brown said.
"If you have a cause, I think you should organize it, present it in a manner where it's not only you standing or sitting on one knee, but a lot of people that is gonna get behind each other and do something about it," he argued. "If I ask you one question: Who is Colin calling on to follow what he's talking about?"
His remarks came as hundreds of people gathered outside of NFL headquarters in New York on Thursday to protest the league in support of Kaepernick.
Organizers claimed that the reason Kaepernick remains unsigned with of a team is because of his national anthem protests.
Brown said that Kaepernick needs “to make up his mind whether he’s truly an activist or rather he’s a football player,” because football is a business and signing on means being willing to follow certain rules and regulations.
"Colin has to make up his mind whether he's truly an activist or rather he's a football player," he said. "Football is commercial. You have owners. You have fans. And you want to honor that if you're making that kind of money."
"You have to understand there's intelligence that's involved, OK?" he went on. "I can't be two things at once that contradict each other. If I sign for money, then the people I sign with, they have rules and regulations.”
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