Donald Trump May Have Prevented Colin Kaepernick Signing, Fans Express Outrage

Sunday morning, it was revealed that President Donald Trump may have prevented Colin Kaepernick from finding a job in the NFL. As ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith said during a segment on Hot 97's Ebro in the Morning, there was a possibility that the owners could potentially lose billions of dollars in revenue by having Kaepernick on the roster, which made them shy away from the roster move.

As Smith continued to explain, having gambling eventually legalized would require approval from Congress and President Donald Trump. Would the president refuse to give his approval if Kaepernick was on an NFL roster? Smith certainly believed that this was the case.

"Well, what was going on on Capitol Hill is that the owners, the NFL owners were trying to get involved with that, where they were trying to get a percentage of the bets and all of this other stuff that was going on," Smith continued. "So what happens is, we're talking billions. Well, guess what? In order for that to happen, you need Congress to sign off on it and you need the President to sign off on it. What you don't need is the President turning his attention towards you and going against you just because he doesn't like you."

As expected, this news brought about a range of responses, with a vocal majority expressing outrage at this possibility. There were also many that were simply unsurprised by the news. They had long believed this to be the case since Trump publicly criticized players kneeling during the National Anthem in 2017.