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Originally Posted by EagleFan
He was involved with something that did good but it's not like without his face no one would have helped.
While I suspect Kaepernick's motives weren't all about the cause (more like all about getting himself noticed but it backfired) but the movement that followed put that discussion on the front page. It now led to an NFL program that never would have existed without it.
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Exactly, and many of these players (Malcolm Jenkins as an example) were putting considerable time and resources into programs to fight injustice and improve the lot of disadvantaged youth, many times in relative obscurity. The protests, as EF mentioned have benefitted Jenkins efforts, as well as many others. So on that alone, they had a positive impact.