Shaq wades into the Kaepernick debate

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''I mean to each his own, something I wouldn't do,'' O'Neal said on the show. ''I don't really have a say on it but I would never do that. My father was a military man and he protected this country – uncles are in law enforcement, they go out and work hard every day. Just, you know, there are other ways to get your point across.'' O'Neal, who will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday, made a point to question why Kaepernick hadn't taken an active protest stance prior to now. ''Again, my thing is, you have to enter onto the scene one way,'' said O'Neal. ''People like Muhammad Ali and Bill Russell, they were one way their whole career. You can't show us something and then go to another just because of certain issues. ''I'm aware of all the issues, but my question is how come he didn't do it last year or how come you didn't do it when you first entered the NFL? Again, I don't know Colin, to each his own, it's his constitutional right to do that but I would never do that.''

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