Much has been made over San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s decision not to stand for pregame performances of our national anthem.

Sit, stand, do cartwheels; it’s really not my place to tell someone what to do so long as it is not blatantly harmful to others. Am I generally in the habit of standing during such occasions? Of course. Do I stand as well during the infrequent times in which I find myself hearing another nation’s anthem, or some public display I do not promote? Of course. Because not doing so usually just ends up being pretty silly.

Here’s what I find useless about Colin Kaepernick’s “stand.”

1. Kaepernick is a millionaire professional athlete, not exactly the downtrodden type who’s down for the struggle. (I know, that one was easy.)

2. Kaepernick grew up with (adoptive) white parents, went to college, and recently signed a $114 million contract to play football for the next five years.

3. Kaepernick was once one of the better quarterbacks in the league, but lost his starting job last season and was in danger of not making the team this year, even before his current controversy.

4. Outside those who follow the NFL, no one knows who the hell this guy is.

5. There is no other way to say it: Kaepernick’s blackness is ambiguous at best. I swear to Jeebus I didn’t realize he was black until last week.

Bottom line: Colin Kaepernick has got to be poorer, better, famouser, or blacker for his protest to mean something.