49ers trade away their last original anthem-kneeler [View all]
Eli Harold was standing again, and now he can leave for Detroit.
The outside linebacker, one of the three original San Francisco players to protest during the national anthem, was dealt to the Lions for a conditional seventh-round pick Thursday.
He was the last of the three to remain with the team. Colin Kaepernick, who spearheaded the movement, opted out of his contract before the 2017 season and hasn’t found work since. Safety Eric Reid became a free agent this offseason and still has not been picked up by anyone.
Harold had protested police brutality and discrimination in the U.S. for the past two seasons, but changed his stance this year and has stood during “The Star-Spangled Banner” for the first two exhibition games.
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