LA Chargers reportedly offer Colin Kaepernick coaching position

TO WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, COLIN KAEPERNICK COULD BE HEADED BACK TO THE NFL AS A COACH. >> A NEW L.A. CHARGERS HEAD COACH, JIM HARBAUGH IS REPORTEDLY OFFERING KAEPERNICK A POSITION ON HIS STAFF. NOW, IF KAEPERNICK ACCEPTS, IT WOULD BE HIS FIRST TIME BACK ON AN NFL SIDELINE SINCE SUING THE LEAGUE, ACCUSING OWNERS OF COLLUDING TO KEEP HIM OFF THEIR ROSTERS. >> KAEPERNICK HARBOR, SAN FRANCISCO, 49 ERS TO A SUPER BOWL BEFORE OPTING OUT OF HIS CONTRACT. HE STRUGGLED TO THEN FIND ANOTHER TEAM AFTER KNEELING DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, SPARKING A PROTEST MOVEMENT AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY. NOW HE'S REPORTEDLY CONSIDERING HARBAUGH'S OFFER TO RETURN AS A COACH. NEWS CONTRIBUTOR SIRIUS XM RADIO HOST MIKE MUSE JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. MIKE, THANKS FOR COMING ON. YOU KNOW, COLIN KAEPERNICK RECENTLY TOLD SKY THAT HE STILL WANTS TO PLAY IN THE NFL. AND JUST LAST YEAR HE CONTACTED THE JETS OFFERING HIS SERVICES AFTER AARON RODGERS GOT HURT. SO WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS REPORTED AND DO YOU THINK HE WOULD COME BACK AS A COACH AFTER THE HISTORY HE HAS WITH THE LEAGUE? >> FIRST OF ALL, THIS STORY IS MAKES ME SO HAPPY I'M ABLE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU ON BECAUSE COACH JIM HARBAUGH IS MY FAVORITE COACH RIGHT NOW. HE BROUGHT OUR TEAM IN MICHIGAN TO A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL GAME. AND COLIN KAEPERNICK IS MY FRATERNITY BROTHER, WHO I RESPECT SO GREATLY FOR HIS SOCIAL JUSTICE WORK, AS WELL AS HIS INTERSECTIONALITY OF ATHLETICISM. AT THE END OF THE DAY, COLIN KAEPERNICK STILL WANTS TO PLAY FOOTBALL. IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF HIS INSTAGRAM POSTS, HIS CAPTION STILL READ I'M STILL GETTING UP AT 4:30 A.M.. I'M STILL TRAINING WITH MY TRAINER EVERY DAY DOING THE SPORT THAT HE LOVES. >> HE'S CURRENTLY TALKING ABOUT FOOTBALL. COLIN KAEPERNICK FEELS LIKE HE WAS ROBBED OF HIS OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY FOOTBALL BECAUSE OF HIS SOCIAL JUSTICE, STANCE AND POSITION AND GOT IN THE WAY OF HIS ABILITY FOR TEAMS TO WANT TO SELECT HIM TO PLAY FOOTBALL. SO WE'RE REACHING AT A POINT WHERE THE MENTAL DYNAMIC FOR COLIN KAEPERNICK, THE MOMENT HE DECIDES THAT HE WANTS TO BE A COACH AND GOES ON THE SIDELINE, IT BECOMES THAT MUCH MORE IMPOSSIBLE, ALMOST. >> DIANE THE DOOR CLOSES COMPLETELY FOR HIM TO GET OUT IN THE FIELD BY HIM NOT JOINING THE COACHING STAFF. BUT IN MY OPINION, HE BELIEVES THAT THERE STILL IS A GLIMMER OF HOPE THAT HE CAN GET BACK ON THE FIELD. >> NOW. YOU ARE A FAN OF BOTH OF THESE MEN. YOU FOLLOWED COACH HARBAUGH AND COLIN KAEPERNICK FOR YEARS. >> SO WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND HOW DO YOU THINK THAT MIGHT PLAY INTO THIS? >> THEY HAVE A REALLY GREAT FRIENDSHIP. I WOULD EVEN GO AS FAR AS TO SAY A. COACH HARBAUGH COACHED COLIN KAEPERNICK. >> HE WAS PLAYING WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS, IF YOU RECALL AT THE TIME COLIN KAEPERNICK WAS A BACKUP QUARTERBACK WHEN WHEN THE ONE WHO WAS FIRST STRING GOT INJURED, COLIN WAS CALLED ONTO THE FIELD AND HELPED LEAD THAT SUPER BOWL TEAM TO A NATIONAL SUPER BOWL. >> AND THAT'S GIVEN THE SUPER BOWL APPEARANCE SINCE THEN. AFTER HE THE FIELD OF COACH HARBAUGH HAS BEEN ONE AND COLIN KAEPERNICK IS NUMBER ONE. ADVOCATES SUPPORTERS IN PARTICULAR AROUND HIS SOCIAL JUSTICE. COACH HARBAUGH HAS ALSO SO FAR AS TO BRING HIM TO OUR UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FOOTBALL AND MADE HIM THE HONORARY CAPTAIN FOR OUR SPRING GAME. THEY'VE ALWAYS HAD THIS REALLY GREAT, FANTASTIC FRIENDSHIP. I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ANYONE WHO COULD BRING COLIN KAEPERNICK ONTO THE SIDELINE THAT COLIN KAEPERNICK WOULD GO WITH ON A COACHING STAFF. IT WOULD BE COACH HARBAUGH. BUT UNTIL COLIN CAPTAIN MAKES THAT DECISION THAT HE CAN NO LONGER GET ON THE FIELD, I DON'T SEE HIM TAKING A COACHING POSITION, AT LEAST NOT THIS SEASON. >> THAT SAID, MIKE, DOES IT TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT HARBOR WHO HAS SUCH A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH KAEPERNICK, ISN'T EXTENDING AN OFFER FOR HIM TO COME AND PLAY, BUT RATHER IS EXTENDING HIM A COACHING OPPORTUNITY. IS THAT KIND OF A SIGN THAT MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR CATHERINE TO SHIFT HIS THINKING ? >> I THINK THAT'S A THAT'S A NUANCED QUESTION THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT A COUPLE OF SECONDS TO UNPACK WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. >> AT THE END OF THE DAY, COACH HARBAUGH AS A COACH, SO HE IS NOT THE OWNER OF A TEAM. THE CHALLENGE WITH WHAT IS BEING REPORTED OUT THAT OWNERS FEEL IS THAT COLIN KAEPERNICK WOULD BECOME A DISTRACTION FOR THE TEAM AND FOR THE LOCKER ROOM. AND SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE POSITION THAT THE COACH CAN HAVE AS MUCH AS THE ONUS NEEDS TO BE ON THE OWNERS AND THE GENERAL MANAGERS IN TERMS OF THAT DYNAMIC. I DO BELIEVE THAT COACH HARBAUGH COULD POSSIBLY BE SIGNALING I DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING, THAT THE OWNERS WOULD BRING YOU IN, BUT I STILL WANT TO BE A PART OF THE GAME THAT YOU LOVE SO MUCH THAT YOU'RE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT AND THAT HARBAUGH IS AS A PLAYERS COACH. HE'S ALL ABOUT INSPIRING HIS COACHES, HIS PLAYERS. COLIN KAEPERNICK IS PLAYER'S GUY, AND SO I THINK HE SEES THAT AS A SOFT LANDING FOR COLIN KAEPERNICK TO COME BACK INTO THE SPORT THAT HE SO MUCH. >> AND MIKE, I'M OUT OF TIME. BUT QUICKLY, DO YOU THINK HE MIGHT HAVE A BETTER CHANCE TO MAKE IT BACK AS A PLAYER? NOT IN AN ELECTION YEAR WHEN POLITICS AREN'T SO MUCH IN FOCUS? >> THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION. THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE DYNAMIC WITH THE ELECTION YEAR. I DEFINITELY DON'T THINK THAT THE OWNERS HAVE TO WRAP THEIR HEAD AROUND. WILL IT BE A DISTRACTION? BUT I AND BECAUSE WE TALK SO MUCH ABOUT POLITICS RIGHT NOW IN AMERICA, I DON'T THINK COLIN KAEPERNICK SOCIAL POSITIONS FANS WOULD EVEN COME TO THE FOREFRONT AT ANY LOCKER ROOM THAT HE'S IN BECAUSE SO MANY OTHER POLITICAL ISSUES ARE SO GLARING AND RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. >> SO NOW COULD BE THE TIME