Report: Kaepernick Says that a Decade After Taking a Knee, He Shuns the NFL for 'Blackballing' Him
Kaepernick says he prefers college football and accuses the NFL of blackballing him after he began kneeling during the national anthem.
- Ex-NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick told NBC News he avoids watching the National Football League, citing ongoing "blackballing" concerns. The 38-year-old hasn't played since 2016.
- Kaepernick led the San Francisco team to a Super Bowl after the 2012 season, then began kneeling during the national anthem in 2016 to protest social injustices. He and Eric Reid sued the NFL for collusion, settling in early 2019.
- Criticizing the league's 2021 social justice efforts as "disingenuous," Kaepernick noted the National Football League previously used "race norming" to deny concussion lawsuit payments. He argued the league only responded to player pressure, lacking meaningful substance.
- During his absence from the league, Kaepernick has focused on his Know Your Rights camps and foundation work. His foundation helps pay for independent autopsies, including recently for Mississippi teenager Nolan Wells.
- Kaepernick refuses to support an organization he claims is actively blackballing him and targeting protesting brothers. Asked about his legacy, he said it "doesn't cross his mind.
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Report: Kaepernick says that a decade after taking a knee, he shuns the NFL for 'blackballing' him
Colin Kaepernick still watches football, but not the NFL. In an interview with NBC News, he says he prefers college games.
Kaepernick calls NFL’s social justice makeover ‘laughable’ 10 years after taking a knee - The Daily Bo Snerdley
BS BULLETIN: Ten years after his national anthem protest became a cultural firestorm, Colin Kaepernick says he still doesn’t watch the NFL and believes the league “actively” blackballed him. Kaepernick dismissed Commissioner Roger Goodell’s 2020 admission that the NFL should have listened earlier to protesting players as “laughable” and “performative.” He also took aim at the NFL’s “End Racism” and other social-justice messaging, calling it “a g…
Colin Kaepernick Rips NFL for 'Performative' Social Justice Policies After 'Blackballing' Him
Colin Kaepernick is ripping the NFL over its social justice policies and programs and says the league is hypocritical for 'blackballing' him The post Colin Kaepernick Rips NFL for ‘Performative’ Social Justice Policies After ‘Blackballing’ Him appeared first on Breitbart.
Colin Kaepernick Slams NFL’s ‘Performative’ Social Justice Movement After ‘Blackballing’ Him from League: ‘Great Marketing’ Campaign’
Colin Kaepernick believed the NFL's social justice push in 2021 was nothing more than the league caving to pressure while lacking meaningful substance. The post Colin Kaepernick Slams NFL’s ‘Performative’ Social Justice Movement After ‘Blackballing’ Him from League: ‘Great Marketing’ Campaign’ first appeared on Mediaite.
Colin Kaepernick still sees football.
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