Mariah Carey calls Super Bowl Sunday ‘Colin Kaepernick Appreciation Day’ in evidence of support for the activist / athlete
This is the pinnacle of the NFL season: Super Bowl Sunday.
But after a year full of uncertainty and political and social upheaval, Mariah Carey wanted to remind people of the sacrifices Colin Kaepernick made in the fight for equality, while the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers campaigned for the championship.
“Happy Colin Kaepernick Appreciation Day!” the pop superstar shared on Twitter on Sunday, February 7 during Super Bowl LV.
Take a stand: Mariah Carey gave Colin Kaepernick her support in a tweet she shared during the broadcast of Super Bowl LV on Sunday, February 7th.
Carey’s tweet comes moments after an ad highlighted the importance of diversity in football broadcast during the Super Bowl broadcast from Tampa, Florida.
The ad reaffirmed the NFL’s commitment to its Inspire Change initiative, a pledge made in June to commit $ 250 million over a ten-year period to various methods designed to combat systemic racism.
Carey apparently mocked the NFL ad while emphasizing Kaepernick’s anxiety about the San Francisco 49ers’ quarterback until the end of the 2016 season.
A number of fans and fans agreed with the Hero singer and criticized the NFL for facing it combating systemic racism.
Powerful: The pop superstar (51) apparently mocked the NFL while giving Kaepernick a nod of respect in her tweet
Timing is everything: The Hero singer posted her tweet moments after an ad highlighting the importance of diversity in football during the Super Bowl broadcast.
Movement ignited: Kaepernick received highly polarized reactions when he regularly knelt down during the National Anthem in protest of police brutality and racial inequality
Kaepernick (now 33) received very polarized reactions when he regularly knelt down during the National Anthem in protest against police brutality and racial inequality.
He will eventually become a free agent after the 2016 season, but he remains unsigned during the off-season as well as next.
With some observers crying and accusing the NFL of conspiracy.
Kaepernick filed a grievance against the league and its owners, accusing them of trying to keep him out of the NFL.
Kaepernick will eventually become a free agent after the 2016 season, but he remains unsigned during the off-season as well as next.
By February 2019, Kaepernick had withdrawn the grievance, which also included another player, Eric Reid, after reaching a confidential settlement with the NFL.
Kaepernick has never joined another team since becoming a free agent in 2016.
In the days before Super Sunday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell praised Kaepernick for his activism.
“He deserves our recognition and appreciation for that,” Goodell said during his recent league news conference.
Grief: The former 49ers quarterback reached an unknown settlement in his grievance over collusion against the NFL in 2019; he is pictured at the moment of the agreement