The one thing everyone needed the NFL to do to make people believe they really cared about black lives matter is have a team give Colin Kaepernick a tryout.
Months after Roger Goodell apologized for not listening to black players nothing has happened.
In the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd, many seemed to have an epiphany regarding the reasons stated by Colin Kaepernick for the anthem protests he launched in 2016. Put simply, plenty of people who had chastised Kaepernick had begun to realize he had a point regarding police brutality suffered by African-Americans and other people of color.
The realization that Kaepernick was onto something also created a sense that he’d soon be on an NFL roster, coupled with plenty of comments from NFL figures endorsing his return, like Chargers coach Anthony Lynn and Seahawks coach Pete Carroll. More than two months ago, we posted the simple question of whether the talk would lead to action.
More than two months later, it hasn’t. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, Kaepernick has drawn no interest.
Sad, but not surprising.
Flip the page for Roger Goodell speaking on Black Lives Matters.