*Back in June, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell encouraged teams to sign quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
The former San Francisco 49er has not played since the 2016 season, when he kneeled during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial inequality. He was subsequently blacklisted.
However, amid protests over the police-deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Tayor, the NFL has conceded to the fact that Black lives do in fact matter. The league seems to have committed to an anti-racism campaign. Many players have opted to wear social messages displayed on their helmets and/or team hats.
But a source explained to Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio that any interest in Colin amid social justice protests/pro-Black activism is “fake.”
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“Per a source with knowledge of the situation, there was some ‘fake’ interest expressed immediately after Floyd’s death, seemingly out of guilt. There has been zero interest expressed as to Kaepernick ‘in months,'” Florio wrote.
During a conversation with ESPN’s “The Return of Sports” special in June, Goodell said he would welcome Kaepernick’s voice within the NFL on discussions of social issues.
“Well, listen, if he wants to resume his career in the NFL, then obviously it’s going to take a team to make that decision,” he said. “But I welcome that, support a club making that decision and encourage them to do that.”
Several NFL players ripped into Goodell after he released a video apologizing on behalf of the NFL for not listening to players like Kaepernick over concerns about race relations and injustice.
“What they were talking about and what they were protesting and what they were trying to bring attention to was playing out right in front of us — and tragically,” Goodell said. “And so all of us saw that, and it was difficult for all of us. And so that was an important point for all of us.”
Meanwhile, EA Sports has added Colin Kaepernick to its Madden 21 roster. Check out the Twitter announcement below:
— Madden NFL 21 (@EAMaddenNFL) September 8, 2020
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