Column: Jay-Z sells out Kaepernick, grabs big money from NFL

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2017, file photo, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) warms up before an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks in Santa Clara, Calif. Colin Kaepernick wants to play in the NFL, even if he has to compete to get on the field. A source close to Kaepernick told The Associated Press on Friday: “Colin has always been prepared to compete at the highest level and is in the best shape of his life.” Kaepernick released a video earlier this week saying: “5 a.m. 5 days a week. For 3 years. Still Ready.” (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2018, file photo, former NFL football quarterback Colin Kaepernick smikes on stage during W.E.B. Du Bois Medal ceremonies at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. Colin Kaepernick wants to play in the NFL, even if he has to compete to get on the field. A source close to Kaepernick told The Associated Press on Friday: “Colin has always been prepared to compete at the highest level and is in the best shape of his life.” Kaepernick released a video earlier this week saying: “5 a.m. 5 days a week. For 3 years. Still Ready.” (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

ARCHIVO – En esta fotografía de archivo del 23 de julio de 2019, Jay-Z anuncia el lanzamiento del sello discográfico Dream Chasers con Roc Nation en las oficinas de Roc Nation en Nueva York. La NFL y la empresa de espectáculos y representación deportiva de Jay-Z se asociaron para eventos y activismo social. La liga no sólo usará Roc Nation como consultora para sus espectáculos, incluyendo el medio tiempo del Super Bowl, sino que colaborará con la empresa del rapero para “fortalecer la comunidad a través de la música y la iniciativa Inspire Change de la NFL". (Foto Greg Allen/Invision/AP, archivo)

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, left, and Jay-Z appear at a news conference at ROC Nation on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, in New York. A day after Jay-Z announced that his Roc Nation company was partnering with the NFL, the rap icon explained that he still supports protesting, kneeling and NFL player Colin Kaepernick, but he's also interested in working with the league to make substantial changes. (Ben Hider/AP Images for NFL)