Colin Kaepernick to appear on cover of Time Magazine

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick will be on the cover of the Oct. 3 issue of Time magazine.

Kaepernick has made national headlines for not standing during the national anthem as a protest against racial inequality and police brutality. The backup quarterback has said that he received death threats on social media and other channels since he began the anthem protest, according to Fox Sports. However, sales for his jersey have gone up since he started the protest and on Thursday Time magazine tweeted the cover of the Oct. 3 issues showing Kaepernick kneeling like he does during the national anthem.

The headline on the cover is "The Perilous Fight" which is followed by "National anthem protests led by Colin Kaepernick are fueling a debate about privilege, pride and patriotism."


"There’s a lot of racism disguised as patriotism in this country and people don’t like to address that and they don’t like to address what the root of this protest is and the root of players across the country, not only in the NFL, but you have soccer, you have NBA players talking about it, high school players talking about it, college players," Kaepernick told ESPN. "They don’t like to address the issue that is people of color being oppressed and treated unjustly. I don’t know why that is and what they’re scared of but it’s something that needs to be addressed."

He went on to say that he’s encouraged by all the support that he’s gotten and that the goal is to come up with solutions to fix this issue and have it fixed as quickly as possible.

A poll of 1,100 Americans that was conducted last week by E-Poll Marketing Research determined that Keapernick is the most hated player in the NFL. Kaepernick got 29 percent of the votes in the poll and beat out Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston who had 22 percent, Miami Dolphins defensive end Ndamukong Suh with 21 percent and New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady with 13 percent, according to the New York Daily News.

Kaepernick isn’t the only one that is kneeling during the national anthem. Other NFL players and players from the WNBA have also taken part in the protest.

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