Boyer directed him to take a knee during the anthem because it was the same way soldiers showed respect and what they do when they are mourning a fallen brother.

During this meeting Kaepernick described what he was protesting and asked what was the most respectful way to protest.

After reading the letter, Kaepernick reached out to Boyer and they met for 90 minutes in San Diego. In his letter, Boyer wrote how he felt Kap was disrespectful for sitting during the national anthem. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.”Ī veteran and former NFL long snapper, Nate Boyer, penned an open letter to Kaepernick online at. “To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” Kaepernick said, via NFL.com. Kaepernick’s response was brief and to the point. Then when someone paid attention, he was met with an army of people with hypothetical pitch forks. For the first few games of his protest, he sat during the anthem without people noticing. That changed when Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem in protest of police brutality against people of color.īack in 2016, Kap’s protest began quietly.

Until recently, there was even a shrine of Kap at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport. Whether you remember him as the quarterback that led the Wolf Pack from 2007-2011 or his rise to the Superbowl with the San Francisco 49ers in lieu of Alex Smith’s season ending injury- Kap was one of those players you don’t forget about. Kaepernick is the new face of Nike’s “Just Do It” campaign. The Daily Sports Herald/FlickrĬolin Kaepernick is the Nevada alumnus that older generations forget about and younger generations love to claim. Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick breaks a tackle during the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl on Jan 12, 2011.

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