I want to ask you both an honest question. Is he a starting QB or is he 2nd string? Is he just about done in the NFL and guaranteed his salary the rest of the year as long as he doesn't break any rules? Maybe he's made enough he feels he has nothing to lose to speak up for a cause he relates to.
This could even make him famous long after football. Maybe one day Colin will be governor of Illinois and clean it up.
Kap has this year, if he doesn't pan out at SF he will get cut at the end of the season. Then he might catch on as a back up somewhere else. The Denver Broncos had a chance to sign Kap and took Sanchez. The 49ers tried to trade him and they had no takers.
I'm trying to understand the risk vs. reward for him speaking up.
Colin Kaepernick signed a 6 year, $114,000,000 contract with the San Francisco 49ers, including a
$12,328,766 signing bonus,
$61,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of
$19,000,000
Yea, this is an athlete who doesn't care. He's set. And who knows. Maybe he'll even get a chance on another team and prove he's still got it. If not, F the NFL. That's probably what he's thinking.
But if it were me I'd shut up till the gravy train ran out.