Colin Kaepernick continues to be in the news though recently it is largely for what he isn t doing He was released from the San Francisco 49ers earlier this year and he has yet to find work despite several tantalizing openings due to roster upheaval and injuries on other teams This is because many NFL owners and fans did not like how he kneeled for the national anthem They viewed it as a self indulgent and disrespectful act that politicized what should have been a nonpolitical event 