And the sham canonization continues.
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick will probably never be in the NFL’s Hall of Fame, considering no NFL team will touch him with a 10-foot pole these days, but the athlete-turned-activist darling is enshrined in the hearts of liberals everywhere.
The weekend’s Emmy Awards just proved that — but the backlash showed not everyone’s a believer.
Kaepernick’s last big splash in the news was when he forced Nike to halt sales of a patriotic, Betsy Ross flag-themed sneaker around the Fourth of July. On Saturday, a 2018 Nike ad starring Kaepernick won the Emmy for Outstanding Commercial, CBS News reported.
The theme of the ad was “Dream Crazy,” and it showed a mélange of athletes scoring achievements in the field while Kaepernick rattled off a list of refrigerator-magnet, self-improvement aphorisms:
“Calling a dream crazy is not an insult, it’s a compliment”; “Don’t believe you have to be like anybody to be somebody”; “Don’t ask if your dreams are crazy, ask if they’re crazy enough.”
A little more than midway through the 2-minute spot was the moment that featured Kaepernick turning to stare moodily into the camera as his own voice declared: “Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything.”
Of course, the Nike ad campaign was based on Kaepernick’s decision to destroy his own football career by insulting millions of Americans with a calculated disrespect for the national anthem in pregame ceremonies.
Kaepernick’s national anthem protests in 2016 kicked off demonstrations that eventually engulfed not only the NFL but athletes in other sports, too, down to the high school level.
But as many social media users pointed out, Kaepernick’s insistence on standing by his “principles” — the idea that supposed oppression of blacks in the United States makes the country unworthy of paying its national anthem respectful attention — hasn’t forced him to sacrifice “everything.”
In fact, the notoriety helped him ink his advertising deal with Nike that — while the terms have not been disclosed — is reportedly paying him millions of dollars every year including royalties and sales.
His NFL career was on the decline when he began his protests: The 49ers were 1-10 with Kaepernick as their starter in 2016.
So it’s legitimate to ask, as many Twitter users did, has Kaepernick really give up anything?
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Is this the Left's definition of sacrifice? Some rich dude getting even more rich and famous for virtue signaling?