It's Official!
Kaepernick Just Got The Best News Of His Year And It's Infuriating Every Flag-Loving American.
Most of this year's National Football League controversy centers around former San Francisco
49ers backup quarterback's now famous choice to kneel for the National Anthem.
The action, widely regarded as disrespectful in every way, took off like wildfire, and
players league-wide have decided to join in, without a single team being spared.
However, even with the highly praised social justice warrior endorsed campaign started
by the now free agent Kaepernick, he can't seem to get signed to a team.
He can, however, get offers for other positions, including the leader of the Black Lives Matter
movement, a million dollar book deal, and last but not least, a GQ magazine cover.
This is probably the biggest deal so far since Kaepernick is being called GQ 2017's "Citizen
of the Year."
In other words, even though this former football player can't get a job in his profession,
has single-handedly brought the entire National Football League to the point of bankruptcy
and caused a rift between the league and Americans that might never be lifted, he made a symbolic
gesture, so that means he's super cool.
Bleacher Report brought the delightful details about GQ's spread to light:
"Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback who remains unemployed due
(at least in part) to his protest of systemic racism during the national anthem, is GQ's
2017 Citizen of the Year.
Kaepernick, 30, did not speak to the magazine for an on-record interview but did pose for
photographs and helped provide GQ with confidantes to offer 'some rare insights into Colin
Kaepernick himself.'
He has not given an on-record interview during the entire 2017 NFL season despite still being
at the center of one of the year's biggest controversies."
This might not even seem like that big of a deal if you're unfamiliar with the context,
or the look that Kaepernick is sporting in the cover shoot.
The National Anthem Protest was started to try and combat "police brutality" in an
instance where the police were ruled to not actually be brutal.
Kaepernick's actions seemed less like the protest of someone wanting change, and more
like the sullen pout of someone who didn't get their way.
To make matters worse, the outfit that he chose to wear for the cover shoot is eerily
close to the iconic look that the Black Panther movement has always worn.
Everything right down the cut of the lapels could give you flashbacks to the heyday of
the destructive movement.
As time goes on, Kaepernick has seemed less interested in getting his day job back, and
more interested in hoarding up media attention and getting a payday out of the teams that
considered him ineligible to play
"Aside from his activism, the quarterback's most notable action this year was filing a
federal lawsuit against the NFL claiming the league colluded to not sign him.
Kaepernick threw for 2,241 yards and 16 touchdowns against four interceptions in 2016, numbers
that would make him an improvement over many quarterback situations around the NFL.
National anthem protests have been one of the prevailing narratives of the 2017 NFL
season, especially after President Donald Trump called on those kneeling to be 'fired
or suspended.'
The president's outcry led to the largest protest among NFL players in Week 3, and hundreds
of players have knelt during the anthem throughout the campaign.
Rapper J. Cole put his thoughts on Kaepernick's mindset in an extended quote to GQ:
You're talking about a guy in his athletic prime, who's lived his whole life dreaming
about playing football at a level that millions of kids dream to get to.
And in his first big season, he takes his team to within five yards of winning a Super
Bowl.
But then, at some point in time, he becomes conscious about what's happening in the
world.
Kaepernick has maintained he wants to continue his NFL career and has stayed in playing condition.
The Seattle Seahawks and Baltimore Ravens are the only teams that seriously considered
signing Kaepernick during the offseason.
Both teams signed quarterbacks with far lesser resumes than Kaepernick."
What the die-hard Kaepernick fans conveniently forget when they're slapping him on the
back, is that even though he might have had a few good runs, his former coaches have made
it clear that he isn't playing football because he's not good enough to be playing
football.
That, combined with the toxic divisiveness that he brings with him, means that the only
way Kaepernick will be making money off of football is by talking about football, not
playing it.
The national backlash associated with Kaepernick's actions are a classic example of how Americans
feel about the National Anthem and everything associated with it.
The media's immediate crowning of Kaepernick as a conquering hero because he couldn't
be bothered to show any respect is a classic example of how they feel about the anthem.
Feel free to pick a side, but when doing so, please remember that one side says that being
unemployed makes you a hero, and one side says that going to battle for your country
makes you a hero.
Take your pick.
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