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Patricia Porter: NFL doesn’t pay them to protest, it pays them to play

I was at the grocery store standing in line and saw Time magazine, with Colin Kaepernick was on its cover. The NFL doesn’t pay them to protest, but pays them to play football. All players who protest should stay in the locker room until kick off time!

Patricia Porter, Modesto

This story was originally published October 17, 2016 at 12:41 PM with the headline "Patricia Porter: NFL doesn’t pay them to protest, it pays them to play."

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