Colin Kaepernick, 10 Years After Taking A Knee

Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, designed to help bring those four key stoic virtues, courage, discipline, justice, and wisdom into the real world. Hey, it's Ryan. Welcome to another episode of the Daily Stoic Podcast. So 10 years ago this month, which feels like an eternity ago, um, What was I thinking about in September of 2016?

I guess we were just launching the Daily Stokes, so I was consumed with that. And then this football player makes a decision. And I think in retrospect, it probably felt more momentous at the time. It was more of a slow roiling news story, but on September 1st, 2016, Colin Kaepernick The quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers.

He was three years off of leading them to a Super Bowl. The holder of the all-time NFL record for the most rushing yards in a game kneeled during the national anthem to protest racial injustice and police violence, and it sparked a national conversation. It sparked a backlash and it ultimately led to the end of his NFL career. He sued the NFL over it.

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