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Editor’s note: The following column first appeared on Outkick . 

In 2016 then San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick, in uniform at work, took a knee during the national anthem to protest police violence against black people. Kaepernick was permitted to finish the season, as the starting quarterback, in fact, and then, as a free agent, couldn't find any NFL team interested in signing him. The sports media overwhelmingly lionized Kaepernick, turning him into a modern-day sports version of Rosa Parks. As a result, Kaepernick made tens of millions of dollars, far more than he ever could have as a backup quarterback, from ESPN, Nike, Netflix, publishing houses, you name it, all of them threw money at Kaepernick and pronounced him a hero.

Most sports media also spent years castigating the NFL for refusing to employ Kaepernick, arguing, incorrectly, that his first amendment rights were stifled. For years, I argued that most sports media members, who are overwhelmingly left-wing, supported Kaepernick because they agreed with his left-wing politics, not because they supported his right to protest. In fact, I argued that Kaepernick should have the right to any political opinions under the sun, but that he didn't have a right to make those arguments in his uniform at work. 

Eli Harold #58, Colin Kaepernick #7 and Eric Reid #35 of the San Francisco 49ers kneel in protest on the sideline, during the anthem,  prior to the game against the Buffalo Bills at New Era Field on October 16, 2016 in Orchard Park, New York.  (Michael Zagaris/San Francisco 49ers/Getty Images)

Which is, quite simply, a very settled issue of legal