Ten years after he roiled pro sports with on-field protests against racism and police brutality, former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick said he no longer watches pro football, calling the league’s moves to address racism “so performative.”“I’m not gonna support an organization that one, is actively blackballing me, but two, has targeted my brothers who have been protesting as part of this as well,” Kaepernick told NBC in an interview to promote his memoir, which comes out this month. “I watch college football.”Kaepernick, 38, declined interview requests from The Athletic.Kaepernick began sitting during the national anthem before preseason games in August 2016, and then kneeled before a game on Sept. 1, 2016. As other players followed Kaepernick, the protests and counterprotests became national news. Kaepernick started most of that 2016 season for the San Francisco 49ers, for whom he started in the Super Bowl following the 2012 season. He opted out of his contract in March 2017 and never played another game, later filing a grievance alleging that NFL team owners colluded to keep him out of the league. The NFL in 2019 settled grievances filed by Kaepernick and former teammate Eric Reid.Colin Kaepernick knelt quietly. What does it mean ten years later?Jerry BrewerThe next year, amid protests prompted by the killing of George Floyd, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell recorded a video in which he said the NFL condemns “racism and the systematic oppression of Black people. We, the National Football League, admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest. We, the National Football League, believe Black lives matter.”