Like to be on the white house staff. Got to watch twitter to see what people are going to do. You were in, you were around when the Colin Kaepernick protests were going on when he was playing for the 49ers. What did you think then about that . I fully supported his right to speak out. I thought he made some mistakes, some big mistakes early. He wore the socks. Remember the socks that were pigs in policemen ewan forps. He didnt have a clear message at first. But i supported his right to protest and i think what he did was really admirable. He went out and sought the advice of a man named nate boyer, a former player with a seahawks. A military veteran, who gave kaepernick the advice to kneel. He said in stead of sitting on the bench, kneel. Its also a sign of respect. If you think about you bow in front of somebody. And so this was the advice kaepernick sought out. He sort of refined his message, saying i thought things had made
more sense in terms of clarifying what he was protesting. I
more sense in terms of clarifying what he was protesting. i thought he had a really powerful message and it s proven to be very much so. you re a great judge of aet leets. you recognize talent. why isn t he in the nfl now? colin cappkaepernick. he s clearly a much better player than a lot of guys who are playing back up quarterback around the league. i think there s two reasons he s not in the nfl. one the marketing. i think the owners are are concerneded about their fan base and two, and these reasons really go hand in hand. the distraction that he would cause. given modern media. the way we live. the minute he signs with a team, can you imagine the media throng, the attention that will be on every game? and so i understand. i totally understand a general manager who doesn t want to deal with that. you think about tim tebow, for example. tim tebow was such a a