Sports Editor at ‘The Nation’ Claims Colin Kaepernick Still Wants to Play Football

Miraculously, a day after a report emerges questioning if Colin Kaepernick is dedicated to football, a new report emerges, saying that Colin Kaepernick is in fact dedicated to football.

Dave Zirin, sports editor at The Nation, tweeted on Tuesday that he has spoken to Kaepernick, and the former 49er QB wants to play football:

Having spoken to Kaepernick, I can say – in contradiction to anonymous NFL claims made to Peter King – he has not “moved on” from football

— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) May 9, 2017

Zirin’s tweet was in response to a Peter King story from the Monday Morning Quarterback, which said that several members of the 49ers staff had given King the impression that Kaepernick would rather continue in social justice activism than continue to play in the NFL.

Zirin then went on to use an analogy, claiming that Colin Kaepernick’s presence at Know Your Rights Camps in no way means that Kaepernick is any more likely to leave football for social justice activism than Tom Brady’s presence at the Kentucky Derby means he’s leaving football for horse racing.

Of course, in order to follow that tortured and insane analogy to its illogical conclusion, Tom Brady would have had to use horses to disgrace the flag, dishonor veterans, wear socks with horse heads on them, and then tweet incessantly about all the horse races he’s going to. All the while remaining ineligible to vote in any presidential horse races, because, despite his claims that horse’s lives matter, he couldn’t be bothered to fulfill even his most basic civic duties to horses.

Since Brady has done none of those things, Zirin’s analogy ranks somewhere around what can be found on most stable floors.

If Colin Kaepernick truly wants to play football again, fine. But, he’s still not likely getting a serious phone call from an NFL team, unless said team is in the playoff hunt and loses its starting quarterback to injury

While making the case that Colin Kaepernick should at least merit a camp invite from an NFL team, Pro Football Talk says, “If no team is even willing to make him that kind of offer, it will be impossible to escape the conclusion that NFL teams are letting their opinions of Kaepernick’s political views color their own views of his abilities as a quarterback.”

Exactly the same way Kaepernick has a right to kneel, owners have a right to get offended and decide not to sign him. Freedom of speech is a two-way street. Deal with it.

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