49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick graces the cover of Time magazine next month, at the same time a new poll shows he's the most disliked player in the National Football League.This dichotomy of pride and disdain mirrors what the country is feeling over Kaepernick's controversial stance to not stand during the national anthem at football games this summer. Some support his decision, which he said he made to highlight the issues of police brutality and unfair treatment of people of color in America.And others are criticizing him – and even making death threats to him - for a civil protest they call unpatriotic.A kneeling Kaepernick is the featured Oct. 26 cover of the prestigious magazine. And the piece gives the quarterback credit for inspiring a national conversation "beyond the world of sports."Meanwhile, a poll last week by Americans by E-Poll Marketing Research revealed that Kaepernick was "disliked a lot" by 29 percent of the 1,110 people polled, more than any of the more than 350 players asked about in the survey. Kaepernick finished ahead, in the dislike category, of Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston (22 percent), Miami Dolphins defensive end Ndamukong...
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