Colin Kaepernick Say Same Oligarchy That Blackballed Him Now Targeting Macklemore

Colin Kaepernick just connected the dots between his 2017 blackballing and what’s happening to Macklemore right now, and the pattern is impossible to ignore.

The NFL’s playbook for silencing political voices hasn’t changed one bit.

In an exclusive interview, Kaepernick laid out exactly how the league operates when someone threatens their power structure, and Macklemore’s removal from the Ed Sheeran tour is the latest proof that ownership will coordinate to crush dissent.

“They are willing to collude. They are openly colluding,” Kaepernick said in his interview. “When we filed the grievance, it was like, well, the owners wouldn’t do that. But the realization is no, they want to protect their interests. They want to protect their power. They want to protect their money. And they also want people to know that if you take an action that they don’t agree with, they will come for you.”

When Macklemore said “Free Palestine” at MetLife Stadium on September 4th and 5th, he became a target.

Robert Kraft didn’t just ban him from Gillette Stadium.

He rallied other NFL owners and told them to block Macklemore from performing at their venues too. Lincoln Financial Field, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Lucas Oil Stadium, Bank of America Stadium, AT&T Stadium, Raymond James Stadium.

All of them fell in line. Kraft claimed it was about antisemitic rhetoric, but Macklemore’s response cut through the noise.

“Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium,” Macklemore posted on Instagram. “Kraft had rallied some of the other stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.”

That’s the same coordinated pressure Kaepernick described when he talked about how the NFL operates.

The difference between 2017 and now is that according to the MeidasTouch interview, Kaepernick’s message has evolved.

He’s not just warning about what ownership does. He’s telling players they have leverage they don’t realize.

“The NFL is approximately 70% black. If the players and the black players in the NFL collectively said, ‘We are not stepping on the field until you address this list of issues,’ you would see an ownership class collectively organized to solve that issue immediately because it directly impacts their bottom line.”

Macklemore’s situation proves Kaepernick’s point about collective action.

When one person speaks up, ownership coordinates to silence them. But what if they couldn’t? What if players understood their actual power?

According to USA Today, Kraft’s statement tried to reframe the issue as standing against hate, but Macklemore made clear who the real victims are.

“The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence.”

Kaepernick’s new book, ‘The Perilous Fight,” hits shelves with a roadmap for understanding how power actually operates in corporate America and why collective action is the only real defense against it.