It was revealed this week that ESPN has scrapped its planned docuseries on former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Critically-acclaimed director Spike Lee was attached to this project. Kaepernick, a former second-round pick from Nevada,

For a variety of reasons, Spike Lee’s Colin Kaepernick docuseries for ESPN was always going to be difficult to pull off. Still, the timing of ESPN’s decision to pull the plug understandably raised more than just a few eyebrows.

In 2016, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick knelt during the National Anthem before a preseason game against the Green Bay Packers in protest of racial injustice and police brutality. The response to this was his jersey becoming the top-selling among NFL players at the start of the