Megan Rapinoe Wants Major Role for Colin Kaepernick at 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

Colin Kaepernick has hopes of representing Team USA in flag football at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, but soccer legend Megan Rapinoe has a bigger role in mind.

The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback expressed interest in playing quarterback in the newly introduced sport. Speaking to Sky Sports during the Paris Olympics, the 36-year-old Kaepernick said he would love to represent his country at the next Olympics.

"Hopefully we'll be out there," Kaepernick said. "We're gonna work on some things, see if we can make it in there. But we'd love to be out there."

Rapinoe, who helped lead Team USA to a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics, said Kaepernick could play a bigger role than just throwing a football.

"I would love to see Colin be able to represent America in an Olympics. I think that would be an unbelievably special moment," Rapinoe said during the "A Touch More" podcast.

"He’s my flag bearer. I think that would be really incredible to have that representation of America also be front and center at an Olympics. That would be really cool."

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Rapinoe has backed Kaepernick in the past, taking a knee during the national anthem in 2020 to continue his protest of police brutality against people of color.