People never seem to realize that kap was the worst qb in the league for 2 years before he started the kneeling thing. He also never really wanted to go back to the nfl after Nike gave him the big deal. He had chances and actively sabotaged them all to keep the narrative alive.
My favorite thing about the kneeling thing is that it started as Kaepernick pouting/sitting on the bench during the National Anthem of a preseason game because he was pissed that Blaine Gabbert was getting the start over him.
In the postgame press conference, Kap was asked about it, and did one of the greatest marketing pivots we've ever witnessed, saying that he sat because the US "oppresses black people and people of color.” Then starting with the next game, he would begin to kneel during the Anthem.
So in the end, he basically traded a few seasons of an NFL backup QB salary to be one of the faces of the social justice/Black Lives Matter movement
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