Iron Mike Ditka Sacks Kaepernick: If You Don’t Like America, Get the HELL OUT!

Fans may have a serious problem with how multimillionaire malcontents have used their rich black athlete privilege to hijack the NFL to promote their political beliefs but it must be particularly galling to the old school guys who played back in the era when real men who roamed the gridiron.

There is nobody more old school than Iron Mike Ditka.

Most recognize Ditka as the head coach of the Super Bowl-winning 1986 Chicago Bears team and later the New Orleans Saints as well as a prolific pitchman but the legendary tough guy had a Hall of Fame career as a player.

During his twelve-year career, Ditka helped to define the position of the modern tight end and was a five-time All-Pro for the Bears, Cowboys and Eagles. Not only could he catch but like many of the era’s hard-nosed players, he punished opponents physically with his blocking.

Not only was the game still a game when Ditka played – players weren’t spoiled millionaires – but they understood the importance of patriotism as well as respected the nation that gave them the opportunity to earn a living playing a game.

Limp-wristed whining leftist fruit bags like Colin Kaepernick couldn’t have made a team as a waterboy during that era and it comes as no surprise that Ditka has little patience for a man who has somehow managed to become a messianic figure to liberal lepers.

When a Dallas radio station caught up with Ditka, he didn’t hold back with his feelings.

Coach Ditka is NOT messing around! https://t.co/AgdKH4NJ1Q #TurnOffNFL

— NewsBusters (@newsbusters) October 1, 2017

Via Newsbusters “Ditka: ‘You Don’t Like the Country, Get the Hell Out!’ — ‘I Have No Respect’ for Kaepernick”:

Three-time Super Bowl champion and Pro Football Hall of Fame member Mike Ditka, who also is an analyst for ESPN’s NFL Live, said he did not agree with 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick — now a free agent — kneeling in protest during the national anthem, saying he had “no respect for Kaepernick” and that if you don’t like the country, then “get the Hell out!”

During a Sept. 23 interview on Dallas’ 105.3 The Fan program, the host asked, “Where do you stand on this whole Colin Kaepernick issue?  Do you have a problem with Colin Kaepernick?”

Ditka, a two-time NFL Coach of the Year, said, “I think it’s a problem when anybody who disrespects this country and the flag. If they don’t like the country, they don’t like our flag, get the Hell out! That’s what I think.”

“So, if you’re asking me, I have no respect for Colin Kaepernick,” said Ditka.  “He probably has no respect for me. That’s his choice.”

“My choice is that I like this country, I respect our flag, and I don’t see all the atrocities going on in this country that people say are going on,” said Ditka, who coached the Chicago Bears to their victory in Super Bowl XX.

“I see opportunities, if people want to look for opportunity,” said Ditka.  “Now, if they don’t want to look for them, then you can find problems with anything.”

“But this is the land of opportunity because you can be anything you want to be, if you work.,” he said. “Now, if you don’t work, that’s a different problem.”

It’s pretty hard to argue with any of what Ditka said. The problem with the current generation of players is that they have had everything given to them on a silver platter, have no respect for either the fans or country that saved them from having to work for a living and no clue when it comes to either history or traditional American values.