Looks like disgraced quarterback Colin Kaepernick will go another NFL season unemployed and unappreciated.
The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback was reportedly in talks with the Seattle Seahawks to possibly join the team. But after refusing to end his National Anthem protest, the team postponed a training trip, presumably to consider whether or not to pursue the opportunity.
ESPN reporter Adam Schefter just broke the news on Twitter:
After arranging for Colin Kaepernick to work out for the Seahawks this week, Seattle postponed the trip when the quarterback declined to stop kneeling during the national anthem next season, league sources tell ESPN.
More ahead on NFL Live now.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 12, 2018
More from his report:
After arranging for Colin Kaepernick to work out for the Seattle Seahawks this week, team officials postponed the trip when the quarterback declined to stop kneeling during the national anthem next season, a league source told ESPN on Thursday.
Seattle still is considering bringing in Kaepernick for a tryout, and no decisions are final, a source said.
The Seahawks had contacted Kaepernick about two weeks ago to arrange a visit to the team’s headquarters, but after tentative arrangements were made and travel planned, the trip was unexpectedly scuttled over the Seahawks’ last-minute stipulation regarding Kaepernick’s anthem stance, a source told ESPN.
Seahawks postpone Colin Kaepernick’s scheduled visit after he won’t say if he’ll stop kneeling:https://t.co/QSMVpPMr6j https://t.co/QSMVpPMr6j
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 12, 2018
Serves him right. Given the NFL’s dismal ratings last year, it looks like the League might be taking seriously the idea that upsetting its core fanbase is bad for business. What a novel thought!
Any football fan could have told the executives at the League that letting the players disrespect the American flag wasn’t going to translate to ticket sales for TV viewers.
It looks like the management of the Seattle Seahawks might be having second thoughts about bringing on a divisive player like Kaepernick.
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