BC-FBN-PHILLIPS-COLUMN:NY — sports (850 words)
Eric Reid knows his stuff.
On Monday, the newest member of the Carolina Panthers spoke to the media for the first time since he regained employment in the NFL.
Why was one of the best safeties in the NFL without a job, you ask?
Because he was the first teammate to kneel in peaceful protest alongside Colin Kaepernick when they were with the San Francisco 49ers, that’s why.
Oh yeah, he also shares a lawyer with Kaepernick, as the pair have collusion cases against the league in which they’re alleging that they were blackballed because of their protest.