Why didn't Ryan Clark push back at Colin Kaepernick comparing the NFL to slavery during interview?

Colin Kaepernick doubled down on his comparison of the NFL to the slave trade during a podcast interview with former ESPN commentator Ryan Clark this week.

"When did you truly start to have the realization that [the combine] reminds [you] of the slave trade?" Clark asked.

"You get to the point, where it's like, 'Strip down to your drawers,’" Kaepernick responded.

"It feels like a meat market." 5 TOUGH QUESTIONS COLIN KAEPERNICK DIDN'T HEAR DURING HIS MEDIA TOUR | MATT CALKINS Kaepernick added that he did not have the "historical perspective at the time" in 2011 at the Scouting Combine to understand what he now considers a "parallel" to a slave auction.

The former NFL quarterback first made the comparison during a 2021 Netflix series.

His reputation has never been the same since.

That is how offensive it is to equate the horrors of bondage with playing in the NFL for millions of dollars a year.

But at this point, similar scrutiny must be applied to Clark.

Consider the wording of Clark's question.

He did not challenge Kaepernick's premise or ask him to substantiate it.

Instead, he led him toward the desired answer by asking "when" he realized the NFL draft process resembled slavery.

COLIN KAEPERNICK IS STILL UPSET THAT HIS MOM WANTED HIM TO DATE TAYLOR SWIFT, A WHITE WOMAN Clark then nodded along as Kaepernick claimed that the draft and slave auctions are part of the "same process." OutKick asked Clark on Tuesday about his question to Kaepernick.

We also asked whether he agreed with the analogy.

Clark did not respond by the time of publication.