BUCK: I’ve been saying I like Aaron Rodgers, my favorite quarterback, because of his stance for freedom and just sort of general go-bleep-yourself attitude toward thereby media. Kyrie Irving is fantastic on the issue of personal, bodily autonomy and freedom deserves applause on this one, and here he is speaking about how he’s standing for freedom.

The Nets’ @KyrieIrving: “The point of this season for me was never to just take a stand. It was really to make sure that I’m standing on what I believe in, in freedom … And there’s nobody that’s enslaving me, there’s nobody that’s telling me what I’m going to do with my life.” pic.twitter.com/xICQjFcp4t

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 28, 2022

CLAY: Amen.

BUCK: Applause from me. Yeah.

CLAY: Amen, Kyrie Irving, for speaking out. And also, Buck, I think this is important. And certainly ,it has not gotten enough attention in the world of sports media. It’s not brave to speak out when speaking out gets you more money, right? Colin Kaepernick is a mediocre quarterback in the NFL by the time that he decided to take his stand by refusing to stand for the national anthem. And as a result, he has made tens of millions of dollars as an activist that he never would have made as an athlete.

LeBron James and his “I refuse to shut up and dribble” has made more money by pretending to be an activist. I want to point out what’s going on here with Kyrie Irving. He left tens of millions of dollars on the table by refusing to get the covid shot. In other words, to me, activism deserves to be praised when it costs you something, when you don’t gain more financially and economically by the choice that you are making.

Almost every athlete or coach in America who has taken a left-wing stand has ended up being rewarded for that stand. Kyrie Irving, in refusing to get the covid shot, cost himself tens of millions of dollars. That is true bravery. He stood and paid for what he believed.

BUCK: Big high five and a hat tip to Kyrie Irving.