Towards the end of his NFL career as quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, Kaepernick knelt during football games in protest of police brutality against minorities. The athlete played his final game in 2017 and has not received another contract offer despite visits with the Seattle Seahawks and Las Vegas Raiders.

ESPN will not air Spike Lee's docuseries about Colin Kaepernick due to 'creative differences,' the network said in a statement.

ESPN has confirmed it is scrapping Spike Lee’s planned documentary series on ex-NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, saying it’s by mutual agreement with the Oscar-winning filmmaker and Kaepernick. “ESPN,