Andrew Bogut said pressure on players to take the knee is just 'not right' - questioning whether cricketers knew what BLM actually stands for.
Speaking to Sky News Australia, the NBA Championship-winning centre and host of the Rogue Bogues podcast questioned whether players understoodHe also spoke about the prejudice he experienced growing up why that hadn’t affected his feelings towards his home country.
“I think initially it had the right things in mind with everything going on over there, but it’s been pretty well exposed. When questioned about the similarity between Colin Kaepernick feeling forced to sing the national anthem and players now feeling pressured to take the knee, Mr Bogut said the issues were the same.
Andrew Bogut says players need to put aside personal feelings when representing their country. Picture: Albert Perez/Getty Images
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