Former NFL captain rips Colin Kaepernick’s comments comparing NFL draft combine to slavery
Colin Kaepernick’s recent remarks about comparing the NFL draft combine to the slave trade generated a lot of responses last week, many of them critical of the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback. Obviously, to any sane, normal, logical, and rational person, comparing the horrific institution of slavery to the billion-dollar athletic empire that is the NFL is laughable and unquestionably offensive. One such person is former NFL player Jack Brewer, who ripped the quarterback-turned-left-wing activist for making such a foolish comparison.
TL;DR
- Jack Brewer, a former NFL player, calls Colin Kaepernick's comparison of the NFL draft combine to slavery "laughable and unquestionably offensive."
- Brewer views Kaepernick's comments as hypocritical, especially given Kaepernick's desire to play in the NFL again.
- Kaepernick made the controversial comparison in his 2021 Netflix series, 'Colin in Black & White,' and reiterated it on the 'Pivot' podcast.
- Brewer describes his own experience at the NFL combine as "miserable" but necessary for assessing player resilience.
- He argues that the NFL combine and the demands of professional football are not comparable to the brutality of slavery.
- Brewer suggests Kaepernick's remarks are divisive, promote victimhood, and are motivated by a desire to stay relevant and make money.
- Brewer also criticizes Kaepernick for his perceived lack of gratitude towards the people who raised him and for focusing excessively on race.