Former 49ers quarter-back, Colin Kaepernick, has been in the news recently for not standing up for the national anthem, and instead kneeling down when the anthem is on, something that causes an uproar among fans, agents and US Citizens.
Come 2017, Colin Kaepernick is a free agent, looking for a team to pick him up, but yet to find a team, and Donald Trump believes the NFL is afraid to pick him up because they are scared of his tweet towards them.
During his early campaign in Louisville, Donald Trump brought up the issue of Colin Kaepernick, and takes credit for his current situation of not finding a new team, Trump said;
And you know, your San Francisco quarterback — I’m sure nobody ever heard of him. I’m just reporting the news. There was an article today. I love to report the news and then they said I made a mistake. I said, ‘No, the people reporting the news made the mistake if it’s wrong.’ But, there was an article today that was reported that NFL owners don’t want to pick him up because they don’t want to get a nasty tweet from Donald Trump. You believe that? I just saw that. I said, ‘If I remember that one, I’m gonna report it to the people of Kentucky because they like it when people actually stand for the American flag.’ Right?
Donald Trump is referencing an article on Bleacher on Friday, when an anonymous NFL executive, and AFL general manager talk about the Donald Trump tweet. The report reads;
“He can still play at a high level,” one AFC general manager said. “The problem is three things are happening with him.
“First, some teams genuinely believe that he can’t play. They think he’s shot. I’d put that number around 20 percent.
“Second, some teams fear the backlash from fans after getting him. They think there might be protests or [President Donald] Trump will tweet about the team. I’d say that number is around 10 percent. Then there’s another 10 percent that has a mix of those feelings.”
Kaepernick took knee last season for racial injustice, but he had said he won't be taking a knee in the 2017 season.