While people were gathering around the television on Super Bowl Sunday over the weekend, Colin Kaepernick decided to devote his time to a better cause: helping the needy. The former star NFL quarterback, spent Super Bowl Sunday handing out food and clothes in New York City, according to TMZ.

While Kaepernick's former team suffered a devastating defeat to the Kansas City Chiefs in Miami, Florida, he took the time to visit the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. As he toured the center, he spoke with employees and viewed some of the exhibits within the museum. 

The 32-year-old then made his way to the SCO Family Shelter in Jamaica, Queens, where he met up with his former teammate and fellow activist Eric Reid.

As part of an event for their charity 100 Suits For 100 Men, Kaepernick and Reid handed out clothing to those in need. TMZ got video of Kaepernick sharing some jokes with people at the shelter and helping a few men try on suits.

Kaepernick decided to make another stop to serve food to the homeless at a shelter with activists from the Know Your Rights Camp and people from the Lower Eastside Girls Club of New York.

This was the first time the San Francisco 49ers had been back to the Super Bowl since Kaepernick led the team there in 2013, yet Fox News seemed to make a point of not mentioning his name. However, some people on Twitter were incensed when the NFL mentioned O.J. Simpson during a section of the broadcast honoring the league's former players. 

The NFL also made news after refusing to air a high-priced commercial from animal rights group PETA that referenced Kaepernick's decision to kneel during the national anthem.

Jay-Z, who continues to make waves for his lucrative business deals with the NFL, caused even more controversy when he said the league had "moved past" Kaepernick's kneeling protest during a media event with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

In an interview with The New York Times, Jay-Z said he was not phased by the backlash from his Black fans who spent months criticizing his decision to essentially undercut Kaepernick's efforts to force the league into reinstating him.

"As long as real people are being hurt and marginalized and losing family members, then yes, I can take a couple rounds of negative press," he said.

Despite siding with the NFL and continuing to make millions off the partnership, both Jay-Z and his wife Beyoncé did not stand during the national anthem on Sunday, causing fury in conservative circles.

Kaepernick took note of what Jay-Z and Beyoncé did on his Instagram page. 

"I thought we were 'past kneeling' tho?" Kaepernick wrote.

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