Yeah, I mean, this will forever, look, this isn't just going to go down in sports animals with Captain.

This is going down in American history books.

You know, if, you know, we're ever able to write history books, you know, by the non-victors. Welcome to the Edge of Sports Podcast.

This week we are speaking to NFL Network reporter Steve Weish, who also currently

appears in the weekday morning show, NFL AM.

Steve Weish is a veteran reporter, and he's also, for the purposes of this conversation,

the person who broke the story in 2016 that Colin Kaepernick was not standing for the national anthem.

That was him in August 2016, who saw it and reported on it when everybody else was just

looking the other way and not realizing the import of what they were seeing.

So we're going to talk to Steve Weish about that moment five years ago and what he thinks

has changed and what he thinks has stayed the same in those last five years.

Also, I've got some choice words about the Paralympics that I co-wrote with Jules Boykopf.

I got Just Stand Up and Just Sit Down Awards.

We got the same person for both awards and more.

But first, let's talk to Steve Weish.

You broke the story on Colin Kaepernick not standing for the anthem.

So my two-part question is, can you walk us through the mechanics of what happened that day? And the second part of that question is, are you sick and tired of having to answer this question?

Okay.

So to the first part, the mechanics of what happened that day is the only reason I was at

that game was because it was the first game Colin Kaepernick had been medically cleared

to play in the preseason.

And, you know, he had, I think, wrist surgery, knee surgery, and shoulder surgery.

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