REPORT: Megan Rapinoe says former QB Colin Kaepernick should be the flag bearer for Team USA at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles

Megan Rapinoe wants to see Colin Kaepernick at the 2028 Olympics — and not just playing flag football.

The former United States women’s national team star told her “A Touch More” podcast co-host and fiancée Sue Bird on Wednesday that he should have a high honor when the Games come to Los Angeles.

Megan Rapinoe wants Colin Kaepernick carrying flag at 2028 Olympics

“I would love to see Colin be able to represent America in an Olympics. I think that would be an unbelievably special moment,” she said. “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.”

Colin Kaepernick hasn’t played since 2016, but would love to be part of the 2028 US Olympic flag football team. AP
Megan Rapinoe would love to see Colin Kaepernick get in on the Olympic flag football action. A Touch More podcast/YouTube

The quarterback, who hasn’t taken a snap since the 2016 season with the 49ers, has long sought a way back into the NFL after his kneeling during the anthem made him a hotly contested player.

Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh recently revealed he offered Kaepernick, 36, a spot on his coaching staff, and said his former San Francisco quarterback was “considering it.”

Megan Rapinoe wants to see Colin Kaepernick represent Team USA at 2028 Olympics: 'He's my flag bearer' - Bdtype Rss Search Engine

“If that was ever the path he was to take, I think that would be tremendous,” Harbaugh told USA Today. “He’d be a tremendous coach, if that’s the path he chose.”

49ers’ Colin Kaepernick (7) and Eric Reid (35) kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 18, 2016. AP

Kaepernick, however, told Sky Sports this month that he’d love to go for the gold in L.A.

“We’re gonna work on some things, see if we can make it in there, but would love to be out there,” he said.

Megan Rapinoe stirs another controversy up by wanting Colin Kaepernick to be Team USA's flag bearer at 2028 Olympics: "He would be so good in flag football"

Count Rapinoe, who also garnered plenty of headlines for her kneeling and social justice activism, among those backing for a Kaepernick Olympics appearance with the non-tackle squad.

Megan Rapinoe, right, kneels next to teammates Christen Press (12), Ali Krieger (11), Crystal Dunn (16) and Ashlyn Harris (22) as the national anthem is played before the team’s exhibition soccer match against the Netherlands in 2016. AP

“Oh God, he would be so good in flag football. I mean he would be so good in the NFL, let’s just be clear about that. He is still being blackballed from the NFL right now,” Rapinoe said. “I think it would be awesome.”

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