I'm sure they did. But the NFL has always been able to ignore most off field issues for their stars. But at the time this all went down Kaepernick's star was GONE. Controversy or not the 49ers were gonna be looking to replace him. There's plenty of backups who DON'T have drama.

Literally not a single person made that claim

Literally you all are making it seem like that's not one of the reasons he didn't get picked sooner

No we’re not. The media circus is absolutely one of the reasons he dropped. The media circus is unrelated to his race. Also if he had elite skills, he would’ve been a top 5 pick despite the media circus. Eli manning, Caleb Williams, cam newton all went number one despite pr struggles