Clark asked Kaepernick about the comparison, which he made during the 2021 Netflix series "Colin in Black & White.""What they don't want you to understand is what's being established is a power dynamic," Kaepernick narrates during the series while depicting the NFL Scouting Combine as a slave auction."Before they put you on the field, teams poke, prod and examine you, searching for any defect that might affect your performance.No boundary respected.
No dignity left intact."Colin Kaepernick speaks onstage during The Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner and Auction 2026 at Cipriani 42nd Street on May 19, 2026, in New York City.(Getty Images for The Gordon Parks Foundation)RYAN CLARK OPENLY WEEPS ABOUT UGLY ESPN EXIT DURING INSANE PODCAST APPEARANCEInstead of challenging Kaepernick on the ludicrous and offensive comparison, Clark asked him the following during an interview on his "Pivot" podcast:"When did you truly start to have the realization that [the combine] reminds [you] of the slave trade?"Kaepernick was eager to answer."You get to the point, where it's like, 'Strip down to your drawers,’" he responded.
"It feels like a meat market."Colin Kaepernick and Jemele Hill at Detroit event, (OutKick)He added that he did not have the "historical perspective at the time" in 2011 to understand what he now considers a "parallel" to a slave auction.Kaepernick acknowledged that the NFL pays players millions of dollars.However, he argued that the "process and intentions behind the process [are] the same" as slavery.We encourage you to watch the clip below so you can rest assured that we did not make any of this up.
Colin Kaepernick truly made the comparison again while Ryan Clark nodded along in amazement.COLIN KAEPERNICK IS STILL UPSET THAT HIS MOM WANTED HIM TO DATE TAYLOR SWIFT, A WHITE WOMANTHE CRAIG CARTON SHOW–UNFILTERED, UNAPOLOGETIC AND UNMISSABLE.DOWNLOAD HIS DAILY PODCAST NOW!It is hard to imagine a less honest or intelligent conversation taking place in...