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Sportsperson of the Year award show on Tuesday honored co-winners J.J. Watt and Jose Altuve, at Barclays Center. The night featured Matthew Dellavedova Jersey a surprise presenter for the Muhammad Ali Legacy Award: Beyonce, who presented the award to Colin Kaepernick after being introduced herself by Trevor Noah as a huge fan of the former quarterback.Kaepernick, who is not currently playing in the NFL after opting out of his contract with the 49ers in March, started a wave of protests in the NFL from players acro s the league when he chose to sit, then kneel for the national anthem before games. His cause was to protest police brutality, a cause that Beyonce has been outspoken about as well. She performed at halftime of Khris Middleton Jersey XLVII -- a game that Kaepernick himself happened to be playing in -- and her return to the Super Bowl stage at Super Bowl 50 alongside Coldplay and Bruno Mars raised eyebrows for her performance of "Formation" -- an anthem closely a sociated with the Black Lives Matter movement."Colin took action with no fear of consequence or repercu sion, only hope Rashad Vaughn Jersey to change the world for the better," Beyonce said. "To change perception, to change the way we treat each other, especially people of color. We're still waiting for the world to catch up." Kaepernick was grateful for the award, and the introduction. "I don't know if I could ask for a better introduction than from host Trevor Noah and obviously from Beyonce herself," he said. "I accept this award not for myself, but on behalf of the people. Because if it were not for my love of the people, I would Jason Terry Jersey not have protested. And if it was not for the support from the people, I would not be on this stage today. With or without the NFL's platform, I will continue to work for the people because my platform is the people."Kaepernick takes his charity work very Jabari Parker Jersey seriously. at an "Un-Thanksgiving" protest on Alcatraz, and he holds a for underprivileged children. to donate $1 million to charities in 2016. Kaepernick GQ's Man of the Year i sue as well. This award is another way he's getting recognition, despite not being on the field. for allegedly colluding against him is ongoing, but he doesn't seem like he's going to stop working off the field either.