Sports and politics are very much entwined when it comes to Colin Kaepernick.
The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback has been out of the NFL since 2016, the year he began protesting police brutality and racial injustice in America by kneeling during the national anthem before games.
Many current NFL players still are protesting those same issues following a police officer's murder of George Floyd. While NFL commissioner Roger Goodell recently admitted he was "wrong" for not listening to his players' protests, he has yet to apologize to Kaepernick, who essentially remains blackballed from the league.