His 15 minutes of fame ended with the kiss and confirmed by his inability to play. Lacking skills to qualify cannot be faked in football.
I don’t know, my Detroit Lions have been faking skills for my entire lifetime. Kidding (sort of) aside, Sam isn’t playing in the NFL today because for teams winning is more important than narratives. There is too much money at stake for coaches and general managers to leave a player on the team for no other reason than he pleases a certain group politically.