Ladies and Gentlemen, may I interrupt your relationships with your iPhones and your Androids for a few minutes? I am going to begin this article with an excerpt from an article posted by Analis Bailey on usatoday.com on August 26, 2020. Ms. Bailey wrote the following.
“Before Colin Kaepernick kneeled, he sat. And this quiet action of protest was largely unnoticed until Aug. 26, 2016. Colin Kaepernick had been sitting during the national anthem prior to the 49ers’ preseason games in the 2016 season, but no one noticed until San Francisco beat writer Jennifer Lee Chan captured the infamous photo that started it all. Kaepernick can be seen in the photo sitting on a sideline bench during the national anthem ceremony. ‘I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people and people of color,’ he told NFL Media in an interview after the game. ‘To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.’”
Because of his actions attempting to address the racial, social and economic atrocities that people of color have been forced to endure since they landed at Jamestown in 1619, Kaepernick has been punished and there have only been sporadic and inconsistent efforts to realistically address and remedy some of these centuries-old issues.
Professional football has mostly provided lip service to gloss over these issues and jitney service to transport them to unknown locations with welcoming carpets to sweep those issues under.
Colin Kaepernick has been forever exiled to the “place for political malcontents” joining fellow residents Jackie Robinson, Curt Flood, Jim Brown and others. Every aspect of Colin Kaepernick’s life has been ostracized, criticized, castrated and any other negative “ed” that can and will probably almost be part of any definition when his name is spoken, only because of his effort to “level the playing field” in the world of sports and society.
The opera ain’t over ‘til the fat man eats. Please consider this as a warning. I’m in line at Wendy’s waiting to place my order. Fast forward to 2025, pleassssse. Recently, the golden child of the NFL, Aaron Rodgers, showed the world that he was also a political pundit when he appeared on an edition of the Tucker Carlson Show. Rodgers took that appearance to “spin” his imagery of ultra-patriotism and love for the MAGA version of the USA. Was Rodgers possibly acting as a campaign surrogate for Vladmir Putin? Yes that’s right, the same great, beautiful and “bigly” leader of the heart and soul of the USSR, Russia or whatever name that country goes by these days?
Rodgers told Carson that: “I’d love to see Joe Biden give an interview where he can speak on the history of the United States in the same way that Putin talked about the history of his country.”
Excuse me, Aaron, while I make a beeline to the bathroom to re-gift today’s lunch to the commode of eternity.
Hey Aaron, did you do your homework, or no work at all before you decided to become a professor of political science? Did you go by an established syllabus, or did you create your own “silly-bus”? Biden was initially “elected” to the United States Senate in 1973-2009. Mr. Biden served as the Vice-President of the United States from 2009-2017. From 2021-2025, he sat in the first chair as President of the United States. Vladmir Putin is 72 years old. For years before he “elected himself” as the leader of the “Soviet Bloc,” his primary role as a Russian espionage operator (spy) with the KGB was to extract as much secret information about the United States government to help Russia win the battle of world supremacy.
Had a nuclear war occurred, how proud would Aaron Rodgers have been of Vladmir Putin’s view of the Kremlin at that point in world history? Would we have been sending our tithes to Lord Putin and making pilgrimages to the Kremlin?
Colin Kaepernick at 37 has not been offered a contract to play in the NFL and has been covertly blacklisted from ever performing again just because he was seeking justice, not just for NFL athletes, but for all people of color.
The 41-year-old Aaron Rodgers self-identified himself as an admirer of an avowed enemy of the United States and what happens? Teams were standing in line not to just sign him, but just to talk to him. The Pittsburgh Steelers recently signed D.K. Metcalf, a $150-million receiver. It has also been recently reported that even before the 2025 NFL Draft, OTAs, minicamp, or any other formal Steelers team activity has happened, Metcalf is working out with Aaron Rodgers privately. What if Metcalf is injured during one of these “informal” workouts with Rodgers, who remains unsigned with the Steelers? Are these private workouts being held to benefit Metcalf or Rodgers? Rodgers remains unsigned possibly because of financial differences. Kaepernick can’t get a job because of political differences.
The fat man finally got a chance to order his “vittles.” I’ll have two singles, a vanilla frosty, and a small order of fries. I cut out drinking soda. I’m on a diet, so I’ll just have a medium-sized water. Now that I’m full, I feel like doing a little bit of crooning.