The legal battle between Colin Kaepernick and the NFL is reportedly over. According to CBS Sports, the former San Francisco 49er quarterback and recently signed Carolina Panther Eric Reid made a confidential settlement with league this week.
Kaepernick, who hasn’t played for the NFL since the end of the 2016 season, filed a grievance against team owners for allegedly blackballing him for taking a knee during the National Anthem over a year ago.
Attorney Mark Geragos and the NFL made a joint statement on the decision.
“For the past several months, counsel for Mr. Kaepernick and Mr. Reid have engaged in an ongoing dialogue with representatives of the NFL,” the statement read. “As a result of those discussions, the parties have decided to resolve the pending grievances. The resolution of this matter is subject to a confidentiality agreement so there will be no further comment by any party.”
Even though the NFL made a $89 million donation to other protesting players’ causes in November 2017, Kaepernick continued his fight for justice and alleged the NFL’s 32 owners caved under political pressure and colluded to keep him out of the game.
The NFL Players Association commented on the situation via Twitter on Friday (February 15).
“We are not privy to the details of the settlement, but support the decision by the players and their counsel,” the statement read in part. “We continuously supported Colin and Eric from the start of their protests, participated with their lawyers throughout their legal proceedings and were prepared to participate in the upcoming trial in pursuit of both truth and justice for what we believe the NFL and its clubs did to them.”
Kaepernick started his on-field protests in 2016 to raise awareness of racial injustice and police brutality in America.
They threw money at a begging dog to make it go away. Big deal. This isn’t hip hop news.
How is he a begging dog? I personally would have decided that I would not want to be apart of their league if I were being blackballed. However, that’s his person choice and rather than criticize him for it, why not look at the good he has done because of it. He made a sacrifice for people of color when he did not have to. He gave up $17 million per year fighting for what he believed in. That’s not a begging dog, that’s a champion! Not only was that his only sacrifice. He pumped millions out of his own pockets into unprivileged communities of color during his time away from the game.
He “gave up” 17 million per year because they were going to cut his ass anyway. He fell off SO BAD prior to all this crap it’s ridiculous.
Hahahaha. People of color? Dude is high yella at best. BLM has been proven to be statistically wrong. That’s why NO ONE reps it anymore. Funny it kind of vanished, right? Is anyone taking a knee for the million plus black people in our prison systems? Of course not, that would take some responsibility for one’s actions, there wouldn’t be a bunch of beta cuck, soy breath, kombucha white folk cheering on their favorite tap dancers. He speaks so eloquently. Hahahaha. Y’all are bamboozling yourselves with this shit. This guy is a racist moron atention grabber. He set “people of color” back at least 10 years, for personal profit. Idiots.
It’s amazing he wanted to be a part of something that he so vehemently disagrees with.
He disagrees with police brutality, you moron. There’s only been about 5 articles a day clarifying that very point, yet here you are crying because he got blackballed for it and the NFL has to pay him hush money to hide the fact. The only amazing thing here is how slow your reading comprehension is.
Police brutality? How does he “disagree” with something he sees on TV That doesn’t affect his millionaire ass? That gives him the right to shit on veterans and the entire nation with his nonsensical protest? How many times was he beaten by the police? How many times did the police shoot him? We’re waiting for an answer. I have a feeling it’ll be a while. You’re riding the same cosplay wave this idiot is. People who get beaten and shot by cops, in general are people who SHOULD be beaten and shot by cops. Gangbangers, dope dealers, face tat idiots. Regardless of race. This kind of shit is what got Trump elected. Funny that BLM disappeared right? It was proven by SCHOLARS to be statistically incorrect and fake. Hilarious. Dude got fired for violating his contract. Period.
As an actual veteran, I didn’t (and don’t) feel shitted on. He was expressing his freedom of speech. Whether or not I agree with his message is irrelevant. His ability to protest is what we fight for.
Pay attention? HAHA. Stop letting the liberal, identity politicking, mainstream media feed you misinformation, moron. The statistics regarding black citizens and your so called ‘police brutality’ do not add up, you fkn clown. Are you wearing pig-cop socks as well? Stay in school.
Wow. For a guy who has been wrongfully beaten and shot by the police, and a victim of systematic aracism, he sure looks healthy. He has hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of cars, lives in a multi million dollar mansion. Strange. I though the system was keeping black folk who are “woke” from prospering? I guess Obama care helped him with all of those unjust police bullet holes in him. Wait…
More undeserved money for Kaepernick.
If he was that talented he would’ve been picked up no matter what. In general sport tends to overlook most things after a slap on the wrist.
And Blaine gabbert desrevred a job right he did go 20 touchdowns 4 into that season
Kap is a sellout period. He had all these ppl supporting his bullshit cause and backed out over money. To top it off the NFL owners emails and conversations will never be revealed to expose them for who they really are.
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