Colin Kaepernick Takes a Seat

So Colin Kaepernick — the San Francisco 49ers quarterback who makes no one forget the likes of Joe Montana, Steve Young or John Brodie — has decided to throw even more fuel on the fire he ignited a few days ago when he remained seated during the playing of the national anthem before a football game.

Kaepernick says he took his stance — actually, his seat — “to bring awareness and make people realize what’s really going on in this country.” In his mind, what’s “going on” includes things that are “unjust,” and people aren’t being held accountable for it.

And now he’s criticized presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. He’s lambasting Clinton, who, he said, “called black teens or black kids super-predators” and who has “deleted emails and done things illegally.” That, Kaepernick said, “doesn’t make sense to me, because if there was any other other person, you’d be in prison.”

It’s nice to know Kaepernick apparently has more legal knowledge and experience and awareness than FBI Director James Comey.

Kaepernick’s assessment of Clinton’s main opponent was simple: “You have Donald Trump, who’s a racist.”

Well, well. Thank goodness we now have Colin Kaepernick to rely on for political and cultural and social wisdom and guidance. And who would have thought it? After all, he’s nothing more than a mediocre quarterback on a team that’s struggling to regain respectability. But now, thanks to his “seat of the pants” dissing of the national anthem, Kaepernick is on the front of a whole lot of sports sections in this country.

Let me be clear. Colin Kaepernick has every right to speak out and to sit down. He has a right to say whatever he wants about Clinton and Trump and this country. And the 49ers have every right keep him, or release him. My guess is, Kaepernick’s future with the team will be short.

My take is that Kaepernick is someone who has stepped far outside his “skill set.” He’s just a football player — and not a very good one — and I usually don’t look to football or baseball or hockey or basketball pl;ayers for great insights into the state of our nation.

In other words — I don’t care — not a bit — about what Colin Kaepernick thinks.