Bruce Springsteen: ‘I admire [Colin] Kaepernick’

Bruce Springsteen recently published a memoir, and in promoting it, he sat down for an interview with Rolling Stone. He spoke about a variety of topics, and given his recent comments calling Donald Trump a moron, he had a chance to expand on some of the topics relevant to the current election.

The discussion included questions about Black Lives Matter, and Colin Kaepernick’s protest. He did not go into a ton of detail, but he did acknowledge the difficulty athletes face when it comes to making political statements.

Athletics is a difficult place to make political statements. There was the Olympics in the Sixties, and obviously Muhammad Ali. But sports is such an escapist field. I think when…