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Tony La Russa Comments on Colin Kaepernick’s National Anthem Protest
- Updated: September 14, 2016
With Colin Kaepernick continuing his protest of the national anthem and various social injustices taking place in the United States, Arizona Diamondbacks chief baseball officer Tony La Russa believes the San Francisco 49ers quarterback is trying to keep his name in headlines.
La Russa offered this critique of Kaepernick’s protest in an interview with Sports Illustrated’s Maggie Gray:
I know that there’s a constitutional right to express yourself, but I think you have a right as an organization to have a certain philosophy about respecting, whether it’s our Constitution, whether it’s our country, whether it’s our soldiers…our flag. I would not, to the best of my ability, I would not sanction somebody taking a knee.
I think that’s disrespectful, and I really question the sincerity of somebody like Kaepernick. I remember when he was on top. I never heard him talk about anything but himself. Now all of a sudden he’s struggling for attention and he …
