Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick remains unsigned, and he’s claiming that it’s due to a conspiracy in the NFL against him. He’s filed an official grievance against the League.
The filing claims the NFL and its owners “have colluded to deprive Mr. Kaepernick of employment rights in retaliation for Mr. Kaepernick’s leadership and advocacy for equality and social justice and his bringing awareness to peculiar institutions still undermining racial equality in the United States.”
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Yup. You just keep spreading that conspiracy, bud.
In a statement just released by ESPN, Kaepernick’s lawyer said “If the NFL (as well as all professional sports teams) is to remain a meritocracy, then principled and peaceful protest — which the owners themselves made great theater imitating weeks ago — should not be punished and athletes should not be denied employment based on partisan political provocation by the Executive Branch of our government. Such a precedent threatens all patriotic Americans and harkens back to our darkest days as a nation. Protecting all athletes from such collusive conduct is what compelled Mr. Kaepernick to file his grievance. Colin Kaepernick’s goal has always been, and remains, to simply be treated fairly by the league he performed at the highest level for and to return to the football playing field.”
The grievance comes after months of debate over whether Kaepernick was being blacklisted by the NFL following the “taking a knee” protest movement he began last year. That would be unlikely, given the number of coaches who approved of their players collectively taking the knee in defiance of President Donald Trump.
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If coaches truly cared about their players taking a knee, we wouldn’t have seen dozens of players do so just a few weeks ago.
Perhaps there’s another reason why Kaepernick isn’t being signed: He’s just not that good.
As Ben Shapiro once put it…
Funny, it seems like @Kaepernick7 suddenly realized America sucked right around the time he started to.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 28, 2016
Of course, Kapernick is trying to save his ego by blaming his lack of employment on his protest antics. To me, he sounds like another entitled millionaire who just can’t face the truth about his performance.
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Kaepernick is simply experiencing the consequences of his actions. He is acting against the best interest of the organization that he works for; therefore, he suffers the consequences of that action. He is not being treated unfairly. I’m quite sure he agreed to not do anything that was against the best interest of the football team that signed him on. Now when his actions is against that best interest for some strange reason he doesn’t understand why he is not being supported in those actions. He hasn’t learned what it means to be a man. He’s behaving like a boy. He needs to grow up.
I can picture this turd eating douche the sort of disgruntled employee who walks in and shoots up the place. It would not surprise me any.
Aren’t we forgetting the insult and the costs to our good police forces in America that initiated this disrespect for our flag.
The NFL owes the police an apology. As for Kaepernick; When he steps onto center field with a police officer and kisses his bare ass I would then forgive him.
BLM = Pigs in a blanket – fry them like bacon.
BLM = What do we want? – Dead Cops! When do we want them? – Now!
Like the Confederate flag that once stood for several good things and some bad memories came to be a symbol only of white supremacy, so too has “Black Live Matter” come be only a symbol of cop hating. We can still do more for unequal opportunities and interracial relations but BLM is now in the way of that progress.
Kapernick will next sue for a haircut to get more attention.
Possibly he doesn’t realize there are certain contract deliverable’s and NFL rules he did not comply with . . . . not to mention his un-American actions.
Poor man Kaepernick hes been so abused in his half white half black body. Does this show that liberalism just cant mix races together? i know of white/black men and women in our independent movement. we all get along i even teach long shooting to many who are of mixed races. maybe we should investigate the coffee? yes of course the problem is in the Liberal coffee.
Seems a certain group of players in the NFL can’t get it right what they’re protesting about? Now it’s poor Colin without work when he was making $17,000,000 a year, come on? Colin try living on what the rest of America lives on.
How many of us would still have a job if we “took a knee” at work? Mr. Kap, here’s how it works: An employer hires you to do a particular job for a particular amount of work. You are on the clock as soon as you run out onto the field. If you want to “take a knee”, go to church and thank all mighty God that you make the ridiculous amount of money that you do. And, it is about the Anthem. You are disrespecting all Americans who stand, get a lump in their throats and pay homage to our country. Grow up!!!
ALL NFL players including Colin Kaepernick signed a contract when they joined the NFL. That contract has code of conduct clauses that apparently numb nuts didn’t bother to read. He is in violation of his contract so good luck idiot suing anyone – truth be told the NFL will likely come after you for damages due to all the losses they have suffered because of YOU. All the other kneelers will face the same fate. Those who will be allowed to remain in the NFL will be looking at massive salary cuts or they will have the “right” to quit. When they do quit they may have to pay back a lot of the money that have already received. It’s really funny to watch a bunch of pinheads try to match wits with people who have made enough money to buy one of those teams and pay the players massive salaries too. I remember the last NFL strike when they brought in the “scab” players – there’s no need for that there are plenty of great players coming out of college looking for a chance and will play for less. As the old saying goes “No matter how good something gets – some a**hole has to come along and ruin it for everyone.”
I hope he takes the NFL down completely. He can go with!!
Kaepernick is a born idiot; can’t do anything better for society, plays with balls!!
Suing the NFL. If the NFL had enforced their own rules right from the beginning this whole controversy could have been averted. Of course there’s going to be fans who despise this kind of disrespect for our country’s flag. The NFL choose to ignore this fact and the push back has been significant. They have been completely tone deaf. Kapernick, on the other hand, has by his on field antics, alienated many many fans. Any franchise that hires him is going to suffer greatly, especially allowing him to pull his leftist anti American BS. The NFL is a business. Its about money pure and simple. This isn’t good for business! Try going to your job tomorrow and tell your boss that your protesting office conditions each morning before work by flipping the company the finger for 1 minute….. its your first amendment right! Its their right to fire your ass. Kapernick is entitled enough that he thinks its his right to a job in the NFL. If the courts rule in his favor, then I want to quarterback the Dallas Cowboys! Its my right….
When he runs out of other peoples money (his salary) there is always drugs or suicide.
Football is for Go-Rillas! Kaepernick fits right in!
flush the krap
Would you hire that Guy? Nobody wants a disgruntled employee who always wants his way! If this is the new American way, then I will just bow out and keep doing what I am doing now, NOT MUCH!!!
And I hope little Colin gets all the justice he can handle. He’s been deprived and that’s why he’s depraved…there must be some reason, other than his stupidity, that he can blame on someone else…he’s a victim don’t you see, a victim!
Poor baby. As a veteran, a big FU to Kaepernick and his lawyer. He’s not playing because he’s no longer a viable player. His stats and his anti-American attitude did him in, not the owners.
Go to Hell!!!