By John Sarianides

ESPN is once again stirring the pot when it comes to free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Reporter Diana Russini reported yesterday that Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti nixed signing Kaepernick. The report states that both general manager Ozzie Newsome and head coach John Harbaugh want to sign the veteran signal caller but Bisciotti is not on board with it.

The Ravens have refuted the report in a statement and claim that they are still interested in signing Kaepernick. 

I am going to side with the Ravens on this one. ESPN is obsessed with Kaepernick and he is a constant source of debate on the network. Several ESPN personalities including  Jemelle Hill and Bomani Jones openly defend Kaepernick and insinuate that his current unemployment is a direct result of racist NFL owners who don’t want to employ him. 

The network has figured out that it is good for ratings if they keep pushing the Kaepernick is being black balled narrative. ESPN is a bastion of liberalism so it would only make sense that they would paint NFL owners as racists and defend Kaepernick. 

Do I think Kaepernick deserves another chance in the NFL? Absolutely. Do I think he will get it? Yes. There are not enough good quarterbacks in the NFL that Kaepernick doesn’t get another shot. 

That being said, the owners do reserve the right to sign and not sign players. If they don’t want to sign Kaepernick because of the media throng that will follow him around at their facility, then they don’t have to. Who is ESPN to dictate to the owners and tell them what to do? 

What ESPN is doing is further proof that there is liberal bias in the media. Colin Kaepernick is not that good! Why can’t ESPN face that reality and accept the fact that owners around the league don’t want a mediocre quarterback on their roster who will be a distraction. 

Until the network realized this, they will continue to portray Kaepernick as some kind of victim who is being black balled by a league of socially inept, white owners who don’t see his true talents. That narrative is more in line with ESPN’s views than reality.