Colin Kaepernick echoes sentiment pointing out NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s hypocrisy over Harrison Butker’s commencement speech

Colin Kaepernick knows a thing or two about being ‘cancelled,’ as they would say. The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback has found himself blackballed from the league ever since he took a knee before a game against the Chargers. While Kaepernick has been on the outside looking in owing to his beliefs, the same fate hasn’t befallen Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl champion Harrison Butker.

The Chiefs kicker made some comments at a commencement speech at Kansas’ Benedictine College that ignited a fair bit of controversy. Butker said in his speech:

Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world, but I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.

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“I can tell you that my beautiful wife Isabelle would be the first to say that her life truly started when she started living her vocation as a wife and as a mother.”

In addition to these, Butker’s comments on a range of issues, including IVF and diversity raised eyebrows, kicking up a storm.

This week, Whoopi Goldberg compared Butker’s situation to Colin Kaepernick, saying:

“These are his beliefs and he’s welcome to them. I don’t have to accept them. In the same way, we want respect when Colin Kaepernick takes a knee, we want to give respect to people whose ideas are different from ours. I’m OK with him saying whatever he said.”