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The quarterback has filed a grievance against the NFL, alleging that owners have purposefully denied him employment. The ad arrives ahead of the NFL season, marked by controversy over the league's response to the protests inspired by Kaepernick. “Even if it means sacrificing everything.” 'Believe in something,” the advertisement reads in white letters in front of a black-and-white portrait of Kaepernick. They are the farthest thing from pigs.' The Nike 'Just Do It' 30th anniversary ad and the NFL 'We appreciate the job they are willing to do all day, every day to protect all of us. 'Our police saved lives at the Las Vegas shooting where we played, and the heroism they displayed is second to none,' Rich said. Later Tuesday, he issued a written statement, doubling down on his criticism and referencing the mass shooting that killed 58 people at a country music festival a year ago in Las Vegas. If wants their 'swoosh' to be associated with calling our police 'Pigs' then so be it. 'However, if you endorse someone who wears #PIGSOCKS that's where you lose me. Rich expanded on his comments hours later. 'I support every American's (sic) right to protest whatever they want,' Rich tweeted.

He sat and knelt during the anthem in the 2016 preseason and continued the protest through the rest of that season.ĭuring that preseason, Kaepernick wore socks depicting cops as pigs, something that Rich referenced in his many tweets criticizing the company.

The quarterback has become a polarizing figure due to his protests of police brutality and social inequality during the playing of the national anthem at NFL games.

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Kaepernick, who remains a free agent after last playing in the NFL in 2016, will be one of the faces of Nike's 30th anniversary of the 'Just Do It' campaign.

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