Colin Kaepernick states he avoids NFL due to alleged blackballing

For a long time, former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was one of the most polarizing players in the NFL. His decision to kneel for the National Anthem in protest of police brutality towards African Americans and other minorities caused a huge backlash among conservative fans. Not long after he started kneeling in 2016, […] The post “Actively blackballing me,” former San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick claims he no longer watches the NFL appeared first on Gridiron Heroics.

Colin Kaepernick told NBC News that he prefers to watch college football over the NFL because the NFL is "actively blackballing me."

Ten years after he first took a knee to protest US police brutality, Colin Kaepernick said he is still being blackballed by the NFL and no longer watches the "disingenuous" league.The idea that the league should have listened to protesting players "is so laughable in my mind, and so disingenuous," Kaepernick told NBC. "We had been trying to address the issue that the NFL created with blackballing me for years.

Colin Kaepernick still watches football. The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback told NBC News in an interview that he prefers to watch the college game instead. The 38-year-old Kaepernick, who led the 49ers to a Super Bowl after the 2012 season, hasn't played since the 2016 season finale, an exile that began not long after he started taking a knee during the national anthem to highlight social injustices.

Ten years after taking a knee to stand against racism and police brutality at great cost to his career and finances, Colin Kaepernick is back in the spotlight.