Former ESPN employee Britt McHenry has some issues with GQ Magazine naming <a href="/tags/colin-kaepernick" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Colin Kaepernick</a> the 2017 &#8220;Citizen of the Year.&#8221; McHenry took to social media to voice her complaints, citing several reasons why she thinks someone like JJ Watt was more deserving of GQ&#8217;s honor.


In a string of tweets, McHenry <a href="https://twitter.com/BrittMcHenry" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">stated</a>,
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&#8220;JJ Watt raised $37 million for Hurricane Harvey victims. 37 MILLION! But Kaepernick refused to stand for our national anthem (a year ago) and is Citizen of the Year. Right&#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;Wear socks depicting police officers as pigs; wear Fidel Castro as a fashion statement IN MIAMI; sue NFL for collusion when gf compares owners to slave owners&#8230;Win Citizen of the Year. Serve in the US military&#8230;nothing. What a joke, GQ. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kaepernick?src=hash" class="PrettyLink hashtag customisable" rel="tag" data-query-source="hashtag_click" data-scribe="element:hashtag">#Kaepernick</a>&#8220;
“For those who think I don’t get the reason for protest you’re wrong. Eagles Malcolm Jenkins met with lawmakers to help community. Dolphins Kenny Stills met with Miami police. More examples of Citizen of the Year.”
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In addition to her comments on twitter, McHenry spoke with Fox News about the &#8220;Citizen of the Year&#8221; award and reiterated her opinion that GQ should&#8217;ve went with Watt because of the money he raised for Hurricane Harvey victims.
Per <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/11/14/britt-mchenry-ex-espn-reporter-blasts-gq-for-naming-colin-kaepernick-citizen-year.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Fox News</a>, 
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&#8220;I see that magazine cover and I think if we want to go with a football player, Houston Texans&#8217; JJ Watt raised $37 million for Hurricane Harvey relief. Why is he not the citizen of the year.&#8221;
&#8220;There&#8217;s a huge disconnect with reality and the NFL right now and they need to figure it out.&#8221;
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In speaking with Fox, McHenry also called out NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for not putting in place a rule that would prevent players from kneeling during the national anthem. 
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&#8220;If [Roger Goodell] had come out before this season even started&#8230;and just said &#8220;New rules: we are not allowing kneeling&#8221; just like U.S. soccer did, just like the NBA did, then perhaps it wouldn&#8217;t have grown to this level.&#8221;
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In the GQ cover story, titled, &#8220;Colin Kaepernick Will Not Be Silenced,&#8221; Kaepernick posed for a series of photos in Harlem, although he declined to provide quotes for the story itself, citing his desire to remain silent. The article states, &#8220;As his public identity has begun to shift from football star to embattled activist, he has grown wise to the power of his silence.&#8221;


GQ&#8217;s &#8220;Men of the Year&#8221; issues also honor Late-night host Stephen Colbert, actress Gal Gadot and Golden State Warriors forward <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/kevin-durant/profile" target="_blank" class="text-word" rel="nofollow noopener">Kevin Durant</a>, who was named &#8220;Champion of the Year.&#8221;<a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/_/status/930090700498259971" rel="nofollow noopener">https://twitter.com/_/status/930090700498259971</a>
 <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/_/status/930093088416157696" rel="nofollow noopener">https://twitter.com/_/status/930093088416157696</a>
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