Protests Continue Following Kaepernick's Lead.
COSTELLO: More signs of protest and unity along the sidelines during last night's NFL games. Colin Kaepernick continues his national anthem protest, kneeling before his team's season-opening game last night. He was joined again by a fellow teammate and even his opponents on the other side of the field as Rams players raised their fists. Coy Wire is here to talk more about it, good morning.</s>COY WIRE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol. Kaepernick's protests are such a divisive topic. And whether or not he should be using America's national anthem to protest will be debated for quite sometime. He says he's going to continue to protest until he sees "significant change," in regards to racial inequality and police brutality in America. The 49ers home crowd there, the Monday night football game, they showed him a lot of support for their backup quarterback. He talked to fans, they wanted to get photos with him and his autographs during pre-game warm-ups. One broadcaster said, hey, you'd have thought this guy was the team starter. But it was also noted that some fans were yelling, "stand up Kaepernick," as he kneeled during the national anthem. He had teammate Eric Reid kneeling alongside him once again. And this time teammates Antoine Bethea and Eli Harold holding up their fists down there in the right of your screen. Also on the other sideline, Rams players Robert Quinn, as you mentioned, and Kenny Britt holding up their fists during the anthem, too. Now after the anthem, quite a few of Kaepernick's teammates showing love with -- for him with some hugs and handshakes, supporting him. A lot of people thought this would be a divisive thing for this organization, but maybe not. Also supporting him, 49ers Head Coach, Chip Kelly. He talked about this issue just moments after the game.</s>CHIP KELLY, SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS HEAD COACH: I think again, like we said since day one, we recognize their right to do it, it's their constitutional right. Our President said the same thing, you know, and that's part of what it's like to be an American. That you have the right to choose and that's what he's choosing to do.</s>WIRE: All right, so we've seen more and more NFL players and teams joining Kaepernick in his protest. We've also seen U.S. Women's Soccer star, Megan Rapinoe kneel during the anthem last week. But we haven't seen many, or any Major League Baseball players follow suit yet. There've been hundreds of baseball games played since Kaepernick's protest made headlines, so why the silence there? Well Baltimore Orioles outfielder, Adam Jones, had an interesting take on the subject. He told USA Today, "we already have two strikes against us. So you might as well not kick yourself out of the game. In football, you can't kick them out, you need those players. In baseball they don't need us. Baseball is a white man's sport." Strong words there by Jones, but he may be onto something there, Carol. Only 8 percent of Major League Baseball players are African Americans, compared to the 68 percent in the NFL, and 74 percent in the</s>NBA. COSTELLO: So Adam Jones, I mean it's unusual to -- for him to speak out on controversial topics. He's kind of a laid back guy, right? So I know baseball has been trying to attract more minority players. So what he said though, Adam Jones, that's pretty harsh.</s>WIRE: It really is, it's a strong statement for him. And it's something to think about. You know, in the NFL you have -- African Americans are 68 percent of the league. And you look at the guys who stood last night in Monday night's football game, also I think there's a veteran aspect to it. Most of those guys, the average was 6 years in the league. So these guys are older veterans, more comfortable where they stand.</s>COSTELLO: Interesting stuff. All right, we'll see what transpires the rest of the football season. Because I'm sure it's not going to be over, right? Coy Wire, thank you so much and thank you for joining me today, I'm Carol Costello. AT THIS HOUR with Berman and Bolduan after a break.