Sports sociologist and activist Harry Edwards had planned to tell 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick that he should have voted, he told SI's Greg Bishop.
This week's issue of Sports Illustrated includes Bishop's story on Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin and the future of athlete activism.
Edwards, 74, is one of the most prominent sports sociologists and has been promoting social activism in sports for decades, advising NFL, NBA and MLB players about diversity and famously helping lead the Olympic Project for Human Rights in the 1960s. Edwards told Bishop that he has fielded more than 70 phone calls from teams wondering how to handle the recent surge in athlete activism, which has been led by Kaepernick's protest of the national anthem.