Kaepernick will work out for NFL teams in Atlanta
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NFL tried to put Colin Kaepernick in legal checkmate
The NFL’s Colin Kaepernick dog-and-pony show about nothing was about something, after all. It was about extinguishing the second lawsuit that Kaepernick could file for ongoing collusion plus …
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What’s the purpose of the workout?
Any team could’ve signed him in the previous three years, what’s the purpose now?
Did NFL owners all get together and persuade no team to sign Kap or did that come from the commissioner?
Or is he not signed because of the potential public backlash to the team signing him will get from the fans?
Any team could’ve signed him in the previous three years, what’s the purpose now?
Did NFL owners all get together and persuade no team to sign Kap or did that come from the commissioner?
Or is he not signed because of the potential public backlash to the team signing him will get from the fans?
Big drama show.
According, to folks like Adam Schefter said teams were asking the NFL about the status of Kap(like he was on the commissioner's exempt list or something...
)Teams are scared to bring him in for a tryout(like they ever gave a dayum what fans think),so they're using this as an excuse to take a look.I find the whole idea of teams scare to bring Kaepernick in for a tryout laughable...These teams brought in many players that broke the law many times yet they're using fans as an excuse on why Kaepernick haven't received a tryout the last three years...
Kaeps people asked the NFL if any teams haev inquired about him and the NFL said no. Then information got out that teams have inquired about Kaep status to the NFL, after all of these injuries. Kaeps people said you are locking us out we will sue and the NFL said hold on we have a workout planned for him on Saturday. They are just trying to cover their a ss. There is plenty of film on Kaep, he doesnt need a tryout.
Teams know he can play. They are afraid of the backlash from the media that they sign him cause of the protest. No team can possibly think Kaep is not better than Tribusky, Tannehill, Driskel, Jones, Darnold, Flacco(no he is hurt whoever replaced him), hell the way Jameis, Geoff amd Rivers are playing right now. Chase Daniels sorry a ss is still in the league as a back up, Kaep can easily be a back up.
He’s played in a Super Bowl And 3 NFC championship games in a row he’s better than 95% of the NFLs QB’s
I always bring up Donte Stallworth he was drunk driving and killed a man, spent 24 of his 30 days in jail. And was signed a year later once he was reinstated to the league.According, to folks like Adam Schefter said teams were asking the NFL about the status of Kap(like he was on the commissioner's exempt list or something...
I find the whole idea of teams scare to bring Kaepernick in for a tryout laughable...These teams brought in many players that broke the law many times yet they're using fans as an excuse on why Kaepernick haven't received a tryout the last three years...
Well this is over they are spinning it as he didnt show, and now this is all for nothing. Most likely the NFL told all of the reps not to go to the new location.
They said he had a Kunta Kinte shirt on
Colin Kaepernick workout takes place at new location without NFL's OK
2:40 PM ET
Colin Kaepernick's scheduled workout on Saturday was relocated to an Atlanta-area high school, beginning two hours later than previously planned and without the blessing of the NFL.
The NFL and Kaepernick's representatives were at odds over the quarterback's liability waiver and the overall transparency of the workout.
The league had previously declined to allow media and cameras into the workout, as Kaepernick had requested for transparency, attorney Ben Meiselas and agent Jeff Nalley said in a statement. They said media would now be allowed to attend the workout.
"From the outset, Mr. Kaepernick requested a legitimate process and from the outset the NFL league office has not provided one," Meiselas and Nalley said. "Most recently, the NFL has demanded that as a precondition to the workout, Mr. Kaepernick sign an unusual liability waiver that addresses employment-related issues and rejected the standard liability waiver from physical injury proposed by Mr. Kaepernick's representatives.
"... Mr. Kaepernick simply asks for a transparent and open process which is why a new location has been selected for today."
In a statement released Saturday afternoon, the NFL presented its own case in regard to the liability waiver.
"On Wednesday, we sent Colin's representatives a standard liability waiver based on the waiver used by National Invitational Camp at all NFL Combines and by NFL clubs when trying out free agent players," the NFL said. "At noon today, Colin's representatives sent a completely rewritten and insufficient waiver."
The workout is now being held at an Atlanta-area high school and is no longer officially affiliated with the NFL. The originally planned NFL workout had been scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. ET at the Atlanta Falcons' practice facility.
The NFL said it was not informed of Kaepernick's change in plans until 2:30 p.m. ET and described the situation by saying Kaepernick "did not appear for his workout."
According to the league, 25 teams were present for its sanctioned workout, and the league had planned to send video of the workout and an interview with Kaepernick to all 32 teams. It is not clear how many teams were in attendance for Kaepernick's own workout.
Former NFL coach Hue Jackson had been set to lead the drills, with former NFL coach Joe Philbin in attendance to assist, the league said Thursday. On Saturday, the league said Jackson talked with Kaepernick's agent about what drills would be run at the workout.
In its statement, the NFL said it had "made considerable effort to work cooperatively with Colin's representatives," detailing that it allowed his agents to suggest interview questions, for Nike and Kaepernick to shoot an ad that mentioned all the teams present at the workout, and for Kaepernick to bring his own receivers.
Sources had told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler that the NFL was providing three wide receivers for the workout. But the league had not given out the names of those receivers. Bruce Ellington, who played with Kaepernick on the San Francisco 49ers in 2014 and 2015, was among the receivers Kaepernick worked out with Saturday.
A source told ESPN's Howard Bryant that Kaepernick's team did bring in five wide receivers to be part of the workout, which will include about 60 passes.
Kaepernick warmed up while wearing a shirt that read "Kunta Kinte," but removed it once the workout began. Kunta Kinte is the name of a slave character from the novel and television miniseries "Roots: The Saga of an American Family."
Kaepernick, 32, has been out of football since 2016, the year he began protesting police brutality and racial injustice by kneeling during the pregame national anthem.
They said he had a Kunta Kinte shirt on
Colin Kaepernick workout takes place at new location without NFL's OK
2:40 PM ET
Colin Kaepernick's scheduled workout on Saturday was relocated to an Atlanta-area high school, beginning two hours later than previously planned and without the blessing of the NFL.
The NFL and Kaepernick's representatives were at odds over the quarterback's liability waiver and the overall transparency of the workout.
The league had previously declined to allow media and cameras into the workout, as Kaepernick had requested for transparency, attorney Ben Meiselas and agent Jeff Nalley said in a statement. They said media would now be allowed to attend the workout.
"From the outset, Mr. Kaepernick requested a legitimate process and from the outset the NFL league office has not provided one," Meiselas and Nalley said. "Most recently, the NFL has demanded that as a precondition to the workout, Mr. Kaepernick sign an unusual liability waiver that addresses employment-related issues and rejected the standard liability waiver from physical injury proposed by Mr. Kaepernick's representatives.
"... Mr. Kaepernick simply asks for a transparent and open process which is why a new location has been selected for today."
In a statement released Saturday afternoon, the NFL presented its own case in regard to the liability waiver.
"On Wednesday, we sent Colin's representatives a standard liability waiver based on the waiver used by National Invitational Camp at all NFL Combines and by NFL clubs when trying out free agent players," the NFL said. "At noon today, Colin's representatives sent a completely rewritten and insufficient waiver."
The workout is now being held at an Atlanta-area high school and is no longer officially affiliated with the NFL. The originally planned NFL workout had been scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. ET at the Atlanta Falcons' practice facility.
The NFL said it was not informed of Kaepernick's change in plans until 2:30 p.m. ET and described the situation by saying Kaepernick "did not appear for his workout."
According to the league, 25 teams were present for its sanctioned workout, and the league had planned to send video of the workout and an interview with Kaepernick to all 32 teams. It is not clear how many teams were in attendance for Kaepernick's own workout.
Former NFL coach Hue Jackson had been set to lead the drills, with former NFL coach Joe Philbin in attendance to assist, the league said Thursday. On Saturday, the league said Jackson talked with Kaepernick's agent about what drills would be run at the workout.
In its statement, the NFL said it had "made considerable effort to work cooperatively with Colin's representatives," detailing that it allowed his agents to suggest interview questions, for Nike and Kaepernick to shoot an ad that mentioned all the teams present at the workout, and for Kaepernick to bring his own receivers.
Sources had told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler that the NFL was providing three wide receivers for the workout. But the league had not given out the names of those receivers. Bruce Ellington, who played with Kaepernick on the San Francisco 49ers in 2014 and 2015, was among the receivers Kaepernick worked out with Saturday.
A source told ESPN's Howard Bryant that Kaepernick's team did bring in five wide receivers to be part of the workout, which will include about 60 passes.
Kaepernick warmed up while wearing a shirt that read "Kunta Kinte," but removed it once the workout began. Kunta Kinte is the name of a slave character from the novel and television miniseries "Roots: The Saga of an American Family."
Kaepernick, 32, has been out of football since 2016, the year he began protesting police brutality and racial injustice by kneeling during the pregame national anthem.
Hell Jamal Lewis did fed time for conspiracy to distribute coke and was playing football again soon after getting released.
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It was about extinguishing the second lawsuit that Kaepernick could file for ongoing collusion plus retaliation against him for his first grievance that was settled for a payment reportedly between $1 million and $10 million.NFL tried to put Colin Kaepernick in legal checkmate
The NFL’s Colin Kaepernick dog-and-pony show about nothing was about something, after all. It was about extinguishing the second lawsuit that Kaepernick could file for ongoing collusion plus …profootballtalk.nbcsports.com
That’s the inescapable conclusion from the assertion, as made by Kaepernick’s lawyer and Kaepernick’s agent, that the NFL demanded that he sign a broad waiver, including a waiver of potential employment claims.
Let that one sink in. The league, under the guise of acting out of the goodness of its own heart and/or to assuage the guilt of 32 months of Kaepernick being wrongfully denied an opportunity, set up a workout for all teams (even though any team could work him out at any time) and then, as he showed up for it, asked him to sign a waiver that not only protected the league and the Falcons against a torn ACL or some other injury that could have happened during the workout but also exonerated the league of any and all responsibility for the violations of his rights that may have (have) occurred since he grievance was settled in February.
As a source with knowledge of the situation tells PFT, when Kaepernick’s camp suggested a standard injury waiver that didn’t sweep broadly to absolve the NFL from its ongoing violation of his rights, league representatives said that the proposed release had been drafted by NFL general counsel Jeff Pash, and that Pash wanted his release to be signed.
Pash’s name constantly has been mentioned behind the scenes as the person who was believed to have devised this entire scheme. From Kaepernick’s perspective, it wasn’t about Roger Goodell cleansing his conscience, and it wasn’t about Jay-Z repairing his reputation. It was about Pash, recognizing that the failure to buy out Kaepernick’s ongoing employment rights in February coupled with an ongoing cold shoulder created the very real possibility for a second lawsuit that would have taken far more cold hard cash from the league than the first one.
By moving the workout from the Falcons’ facility to a new location, Kaepernick has escaped checkmate, and he has escaped a potential checkmate. If any team representatives who were ready to watch him work out at the Falcons’ facility fails to attend the session at the alternate location, the end result could be legal checkmate for the NFL.
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what a shit show...
this is jus too much ...
i feel for the brother but i say let it go ...fuck em ...
dont beg these cacs for shit ..u got ur money n played right much more to come
that u can help a whole lot more black people with or keep it , its urs n u sacrificed enuff for it ...
this is jus too much ...
i feel for the brother but i say let it go ...fuck em ...
dont beg these cacs for shit ..u got ur money n played right much more to come
that u can help a whole lot more black people with or keep it , its urs n u sacrificed enuff for it ...
It was about extinguishing the second lawsuit that Kaepernick could file for ongoing collusion plus retaliation against him for his first grievance that was settled for a payment reportedly between $1 million and $10 million.
That’s the inescapable conclusion from the assertion, as made by Kaepernick’s lawyer and Kaepernick’s agent, that the NFL demanded that he sign a broad waiver, including a waiver of potential employment claims.
Let that one sink in. The league, under the guise of acting out of the goodness of its own heart and/or to assuage the guilt of 32 months of Kaepernick being wrongfully denied an opportunity, set up a workout for all teams (even though any team could work him out at any time) and then, as he showed up for it, asked him to sign a waiver that not only protected the league and the Falcons against a torn ACL or some other injury that could have happened during the workout but also exonerated the league of any and all responsibility for the violations of his rights that may have (have) occurred since he grievance was settled in February.
As a source with knowledge of the situation tells PFT, when Kaepernick’s camp suggested a standard injury waiver that didn’t sweep broadly to absolve the NFL from its ongoing violation of his rights, league representatives said that the proposed release had been drafted by NFL general counsel Jeff Pash, and that Pash wanted his release to be signed.
Pash’s name constantly has been mentioned behind the scenes as the person who was believed to have devised this entire scheme. From Kaepernick’s perspective, it wasn’t about Roger Goodell cleansing his conscience, and it wasn’t about Jay-Z repairing his reputation. It was about Pash, recognizing that the failure to buy out Kaepernick’s ongoing employment rights in February coupled with an ongoing cold shoulder created the very real possibility for a second lawsuit that would have taken far more cold hard cash from the league than the first one.
By moving the workout from the Falcons’ facility to a new location, Kaepernick has escaped checkmate, and he has escaped a potential checkmate. If any team representatives who were ready to watch him work out at the Falcons’ facility fails to attend the session at the alternate location, the end result could be legal checkmate for the NFL.
the leagues is petty n trifling n so racist ...
am i safe to assume all the owners r Billionaires or close to it ...?
let this whole shit sink in ...these fuckers could pay wht ever judgement number they came up with n kept it moving n be done with this shit
but no a black man will not beat us ...racist fucks ....10 mill....?...r u fucking kidding me...
...Jerry got that shit in his seat cushion ..Kraft paid that much in rub n tugs n to keep shit quiet ...foh...lol
Yup. Kaep wouldn't have been able to do shit with the way that line blocked and with Johnny Holton dropping an infinite amount of passes though in Cleveland. Rudolph had a horrific game. Happens to em all. Not ready to give up on him after his best performance against the Rams 4 days earlier. Still I'd take Kaep over his ass no question.
But but but but but but butThrew it 55 yards downfield, like it was nothing
Bears need him bad. In any capacity. Starter or backup. But this wasp-ish management we have is all in on Trubisky.
EffortlesslyThrew it 55+ yards downfield, like it was nothing
Powerful!
Thank you almighty Hov, for although thou grand word may have not granted Kap an honest workout, thou random influence on all things black may have allowed this quandary to randomly work itself out thus putting thou in the realm of other great social justice warriors of the past....................
...we thank thou for gracing us with the powerful word of Hov. May it guide another clusterfuck with it's infinite power to influence all thou who wonder earth.
...we thank thou for gracing us with the powerful word of Hov. May it guide another clusterfuck with it's infinite power to influence all thou who wonder earth.
What's frustrating is that Trubisky looked to be ascending coming into this season. I know the o-line has been stealing the old bitch owner's money, but still.
Shout out to the God Mc
Well, I guess the workout did catch Kaep off guard. He hasn't missed many meals lately. Just saying.
cac alert.
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