Mike Vick Surely Did Not Weigh His Words Before Uttering Them:clapback…

In an age when social media and cable tele­vi­sion have empow­ered many who nor­mal­ly would­n’t have a voice, many have used the var­i­ous plat­forms to do good, oth­ers not so much.

This sto­ry may not have been intend­ed as a troll by for­mer quar­ter­back Michael Vick of NFL quar­ter­back Colin Kaepernick but it elicit­ed a bru­tal clap back from Kaepernick, even though Vick went out of his way to clar­i­fy what he actu­al­ly meant.
Clearly, the dam­age was done and Colin Kaepernick was hav­ing none of it.

Courtesy of our friends at the New York Daily news…

Michael Vick back­tracks after say­ing Kaepernick needs to cut Afro

Michael Vick is backpedal­ing on his com­ments Monday that advised Colin Kaepernick to lose his Afro in order to increase his chances of sign­ing with an NFL team.

Vick, the for­mer QB who returned to the league after spend­ing 21 months in prison for his role in a dog­fight­ing ring, was asked on FOX Sports 1 what it’s like for some­one con­sid­ered “tox­ic” to find a new squad.

“First thing we got to get Colin to do is cut his hair,” Vick said on “Speak for Yourself.”

“I’m not up here to try and be politi­cial­ly cor­rect, but even if he puts corn­rows in I don’t think he should rep­re­sent him­self in that way,” Vick con­tin­ued. “Just the hair­style. Just go clean-cut. You know, why not? You’re already deal­ing with a lot. … All he needs to do is just try to be presentable.”

Michael Vick on Colin Kaepernick: ‘He needs to cut his hair’

On Tuesday morn­ing, Vick with­drew his hair-do argu­ment on Twitter.

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“Colin Kaepernick’s hair has noth­ing to do with him not being on a NFL ros­ter right now. Let’s be clear!” Vick wrote. “I wish only the best for Colin. I stand by what I’ve said about him being signed at some point this sea­son to help a NFL club. I think he is a great kid who has a bright future and I’m look­ing for­ward to see­ing him on the field again. Trust and believe what I said was not in malice.”

Kaepernick’s hair became espe­cial­ly notice­able dur­ing his polar­iz­ing protest of police bru­tal­i­ty in which he took a knee dur­ing the nation­al anthem last sea­son with the 49ers. The 29-year-old, who said he will no longer kneel dur­ing the anthem, remains a free agent, which many believe is due to the NFL black­balling him.

However, Vick attrib­uted Kaepernick’s free agency to his play.

Michael Vick on Jets QB sit­u­a­tion and who he thinks should start

“I think pri­mar­i­ly the rea­son why he isn’t signed to a team right now is because of the last two sea­sons and not being as pro­duc­tive as every­body thinks,” Vick said Monday. “It has noth­ing to do with him being blackballed.”

Shortly after Vick’s post, Kaeperick shared a def­i­n­i­tion of Stockholm syn­drome on his Twitter page.

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