Colin Kaepernick: The NFL Tried to Buy My Silence

科林·卡佩尼克:NFL试图买断我的沉默

What Now? with Trevor Noah

2026-09-17

2 小时 23 分钟
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Colin Kaepernick tells the parts he's never told: what NFL owners said in the room, the offer made while he was being blackballed — and the Jay-Z call that never happened. In this episode of What Now?, Colin sits with Trevor and Eugene for the full story: adopted into a white family in Turlock, the hair that became an identity, the backup who took a team to the Super Bowl in his 10th start — and the protest that cost him everything. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • We need a black face to put out in front.

  • And they tried that with the Players Coalition.

  • That wasn't successful.

  • And Jay-Z was the 2.0 version of that, in my opinion.

  • We're going to continue blackballing you, but will you be the face of our social justice initiatives?

  • And they offered this to me as well as Eric Reid.

  • And there was a nice price tag associated with that.

  • Imagine.

  • Saw Jay-Z wear my jersey on SNL.

  • So I had tried to reach out to him previously.

  • In part to say thank you at that point for the support.

  • Right.

  • And wouldn't take a call, wouldn't take a meeting, which all good.

  • It's strange, but OK.

  • Hey, I want to ask you, why weren't you staying for the Star Spangled Banner?

  • And give him a full explanation why I'm doing it, systemic oppression,

  • what black people have faced, what we're seeing right now in police killing black people.

  • And I remember he was like, you know what comes with this, right?

  • This is What Now?

  • With Trevor Noah.