Posted on 08/16/2018 7:48:36 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Serena Williams is already among the best athletes of all time, so if she says she spots a winner, it's hard to ignore her. In an interview with Time magazine, Williams singled out former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick as someone who could get a Super Bowl ring -- if he were given an opportunity.
Kaepernick is in the midst of a collusion grievance against NFL owners, in which he says that there has been a concerted effort to keep him out of an NFL uniform due to his protest against racial equality by kneeling during the national anthem. The form of protest has erupted into one of the biggest hot-button topics in the league.
"He'd have so much to prove," Williams told Time's Sean Gregory. "I would. I can't imagine he would be any different. 'Man, I'm about to show out. Y'all gonna see stuff you've never seen before.'"
Kaepernick hasn't played in the NFL since parting ways with the 49ers after the 2016 season, but he does already have a Super Bowl appearance under his belt. His Niners ultimately lost to the Ravens 34-31 in Super Bowl XLVII in spite of a strong third-quarter comeback from San Francisco.
Williams knows Kaepernick. Gregory writes in the piece that she met him twice -- once pre-protest and once after the nationwide debate about kneeling during the anthem began -- and she was part of Kaepernick's "10 for 10" challenge in which celebrities matched his $10,000 donations to various charities. The charity that Williams chose was Imagine LA.
Colin Kaepernick ✔ @Kaepernick7 My sister @serenawilliams asked that I donate to Imagine LA, an org dedicated to mobilizing the community to end the cycle of family homelessness & poverty. Serena is going #10for10 to match my $10k donation w/$10k as well! Serena, THANK YOU! See it on http://Kaepernick7.com
In his career, Kaepernick has thrown for 12,271 yards, rushed for 2,300 more and generated 85 total touchdowns (72 passing). Williams feels Kaepernick's grievance will prevent the 30-year-old quarterback from being signed -- but if he were given a chance, Williams thinks he could be great.
What a terrific opportunity for her to buy a team and hire a bunch of marxists to play ball!
Good Lord! A female tennis player, one of the greatest athletes of all-time? Even if we accept this improbable premise, what would qualify her to evaluate a football player and make such a definitive statement?
Nothing. That’s what...
Eeee yeah, right.
This guy can’t pass the salt at Thanksgiving without it being intercepted.
If he’s so damned good, why he no get the Michael Vick treatment?
Defensive guard more likely, and just as fugly.
I guess NFL teams don’t want a QB that is on his knees all the time.
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
...Serena Williams says Colin Kaepernick would win a Super Bowl ring if he ever got back in NFL...
Maybe at a crap table.
The NFL might as well bring Kaepernick back - we won’t be watching, anyway.
Serena Williams is the highest paid female athlete in the world.
She already has a football team....being part owner of the Miami Dolphins.
Her yearly income including endorsements, appearances, prize money, stock dividends, etc. averages $29 million (every 365 days, LOL)......and her estimated net worth as of 2018 is $85 million.
Leni
Would that be enough to buy the stadium boiled peanut concession? ;^)
He can’t get hired because he divides the team.
Because football and tennis have so much in common..........they both have balls. That’s more than Serena and Colin do, Serena has balls, Colin?.............just a pussy.
Yep, we’ve all been waiting breathlessly for the grunting cyborg sisters to chime in.
Imagine our relief !
What does his brother Venus think?
“He turned down an offer from the Broncos in 2016.”
John Elway said the same thing today (or recently). Basically, the dimwit isn’t in the NFL because he didn’t sign a contract. He chose to walk away. All this BLM crap about poor unemployed Crappernick is BS. And everyone knows it. No one wants this radioactive SJW stinking up thier organization. He threw his career away. His own damned fault.
LOL! Yeah okay. Kneelers can win Super Bowls standing on their heads. It’s automatic. Serena sounds like she might have a couple of “issues” that need looking at.
So buy a team and hire him
Actually, he decided not to sign with Denver and stay with San Fran, believing that he was better than the Broncos.
Then, he started the whole kneeling thing while proceeding to suck as a football player.
The estimated net worth of the Miami Dolphins is $2.38 billion. The Dallas Cowboys are the most valuable sports franchise at $4.2 billion.
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