1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:04,320 Speaker 1: A decade after he first took a knee during the 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: national anthem, former quarterback Colin Kaepernick is publishing his life story. 3 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 2: Oh fantastic, a memoir. 4 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 3: It's called The Perilous Fight. 5 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 2: Oh I see what he did because of the line 6 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 2: and the anthem, The Perilous Fight. 7 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 3: Okay, it'll be released soon. Are you okay with this? 8 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 4: Look? 9 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 2: Anybody can put out a book if he wants to 10 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:34,880 Speaker 2: put out a horrible book, be my guest. But who's 11 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 2: going to buy this other than like super pat groups 12 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 2: right like Jamel Hill will probably be the first one 13 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 2: in line to buy this. But a lot of folks, 14 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 2: even in the black community, got worn out by Colin Kaepernick, 15 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 2: not because of the taking the knee for the anthem, 16 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 2: but because he was given an opportunity by Jay Z 17 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 2: and the NFL to get back in the league. An 18 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 2: opportunity but hardly anybody gets. The NFL said, all right, 19 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 2: maybe you are being blackballed. I don't know, but we're 20 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 2: gonna set up a private workout for you. We're gonna 21 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 2: have it at the Atlanta Falcons facility, NFL facility. It's 22 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:18,759 Speaker 2: gonna be NFL video trainers, everything you need. We're gonna 23 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 2: bring in all the scouts from the teams. They're gonna 24 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 2: see if you want to really play in the NFL again. 25 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 2: They're gonna see if you still got it. He canceled 26 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 2: it like three hours before it was supposed to be again. 27 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 3: Moved it. 28 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 2: He wanted to move it, yeah, and then he canceled it. 29 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 2: This was the moment Stephn A. Smith. Certainly, not somebody 30 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 2: that's gonna be wearing a MAGA hat, somebody that might 31 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 2: have actually been supportive of him taking the knee early on. 32 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 2: This was Steven A. Smith the moment he was done. 33 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 4: Twenty five teams show up in Georgia at the Atlanta 34 00:01:56,120 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 4: Falcons practice facility, get stated off facility, NFL person equipment, everything, video, everything, 35 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 4: and what does Colin Kaepernick do? Not Tuesday when he 36 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 4: found out about it that Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, three 37 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 4: hours before the workout because of some issue with a 38 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 4: liability waiver. Colin Kaepnick wants to change the venue. Kyli 39 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 4: Kaepernick wants his own receivers. Colin Kaptick wants the video 40 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 4: things himself. 41 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 2: You see, you see. 42 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 4: She don't want to play. He wants to be a martyr. 43 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 4: But guess what, Oh, any working this time? 44 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 2: When you've lost Stephen A. Smith, then you've lost the argument. 45 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 3: So it really more money and being some sort of 46 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 3: cultural martyr than there is being a quarterback in the NFL. 47 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 2: That's the thing though, Like he got benched before he 48 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 2: was taking a knee. Yeah, And it wasn't like he 49 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 2: got benched for Tom Brady. He was backing up some 50 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 2: turns because he couldn't play anymore. Now, I'm not gonna 51 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 2: sit here and tell you that some of these backup 52 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 2: quarterbacks in the NFL right now are really super duper good, 53 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 2: because some of them are bumbs. But let's not act 54 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 2: like all of a sudden, you know, the offspring of 55 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:16,080 Speaker 2: Peyton Manning and Tom Brady was benched just because he 56 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 2: was a social justice warrior. No, he got benched first 57 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 2: and then he started taking the knee, and that's when 58 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 2: he realized, Okay, if I'm not any good anymore, maybe 59 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 2: I should try this activist thing. 60 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: And I know we're up against it here, but our 61 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: theory from Scott Pollard, friend of the show, used to 62 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: play for the Pacers. Do you remember that theory? Can 63 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: you sum that up real quick? I know we're running 64 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: at a time here. But there was a theory there 65 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 1: of why he didn't stand for the national anthem. 66 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 2: Right, he was already benched at this point. It was pregame. 67 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 2: He was just taking a knee on the sideline, looking around, 68 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 2: kind of forgot that the anthem was going on, and 69 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 2: you forgot. People made it this big deal. He wasn't 70 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 2: paying at tention. People made it a big deal. And 71 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 2: he thought, Yeah, that's that's exactly what I was doing 72 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 2: down with the man. That's it. I can't rule it 73 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 2: out either, but he ran with it, and he's got 74 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 2: a book coming out with it too.