Colin Kaepernick Blames The NFL For $150 Million Personal Loss

Colin Kaepernick believes the NFL cost him more than $100 million in personal earnings.

The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback last played in the league in 2016. The former Nevada star, who helped lead the 49ers to a Super Bowl appearance in 2012-13, didn’t sign with another team after he kneeled for the national anthem during the 2016 season, to protest police brutality.

Kaepernick expected to play again. However, it’s been a decade, and he’s still waiting for a call.

“Kaepernick, in his physical prime at 29 and three years removed from leading the 49ers to the Super Bowl, went home and waited for calls from other teams,” the San Francisco Standard reported.

“A decade later, he’s still waiting — essentially blacklisted from the sport he loved after protesting police violence by taking a knee during the national anthem. For those acts of protest, Kaepernick was banished and deprived of earnings he estimates at $150 million.”

Kaepernick doesn’t regret his actions, though.

He’s remained committed to his cause, even if people aren’t seeing him in the spotlight these days.

“I’ve been very focused on doing the work. I mean, I want to make sure we’re doing it, moving things forward, having impact. But the other part is, there was a realization that I was being positioned as the sole figure to be able to represent the movement, and I need to create space for other people to step up and be leaders. I think of Ella Baker [a Black hero of the civil rights movement] — her work centered around, yes, we need strong leaders, but we need strong people collectively,” he told The Standard.

He remains interested in an NFL comeback.

“Over the last 10 years, we have consistently reached out to teams, over and over again, knocking on every door possible, and that’s shown up [publicly] in a few instances, the most recent one being 2022, the workout with the Raiders. For me, I want to make sure that at any point in time, if my door is knocked on, that I’m ready to go,” he added.

At this point, though, it’s highly unlikely to happen.

Kaepernick is approaching his 40s and, if an NFL team hasn’t signed him yet, they likely are not going to.