Megan Rapinoe Advocates for Colin Kaepernick to Represent Team USA at the 2028 Olympics

Sports fans had mixed reactions from soccer star Megan Rapinoe’s proposal for Coln Kaepernick at the 2028 Olympic Games

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NFL quarterback/human rights activist Colin Kaepernick was ghosted by the league years ago after making the decision to protest police brutality during official games by kneeling during the National Anthem. About half the country went crazy and no NFL team would hire him due to how much division his actions caused. For a long time, Kaepernick was considered a toxic figure for any team but things are finally starting to loosen up. There seems to be an effort from the Los Angeles Chargers to offer Kaepernick a contract that would help him return to the league in his late ’30s. Fortunately for Colin the public seems to have cooled down with their disapproval of him. A fellow human rights activist just came out to propose a massive honor for Kaepernick.

Megan Rapinoe’s Olympic proposal for Colin Kaepernick

Just as many athletes do in this day and age, Megan Rapinoe has a podcast called ‘A Touch More’ that she co-hosts with fiancee Sue Bird, who is a WNBA legend. They spoke about the upcoming 2028 Olympic Games. Four years from now, these games will take place in the city of Los Angeles. Megan said: “I would love to see Colin be able to represent America in an Olympics. I think that would be an unbelievably special moment. He’s my flag-bearer. I think that would be really incredible to have that representation of America also be front and center at an Olympics. That would be really cool.”

The reaction from Rapinoe’s words have been mixed, their supporters are 100% on board with this idea. However, Rapinoe is also a very political person who has gotten into heated arguments with people who don’t agree with her views. As we go through a complicated moment in

American Politics, saying something like this will always garner a reaction from her detractors. But if we look at the idea, Colin Kaepernick has been subject of a vicious discrediting campaign for raising his voice when he sees injustices on multiple social issues. Rapinoe does exactly the same and she has gotten a similar treatment. That seems to be one of the reasons Megan feels this afinity towards the quarterback.