He single-handedly destroy the NFL over a false premise. So, that’s pretty good.
Well, if by effecting change in both the viewing habits of a lot of former NFL fans, and by polarizing and focusing attention of the long-term effects of sometimes major trauma incurred in the bruising contact aspect of football, then perhaps Colin Kaepernick does deserve the title.
But it further cements the conclusion that Time magazine is increasingly irrelevant.