NorthHawk wrote:Kaepernick got a lot of money to keep quiet.
It shows the NFL had a bad case and there was too much proof of a unified
effort to restrict Kaep from working.
The statements made by various NFL team personnel and the signing of lesser
QB's says quite a lot, too.
Aseahawkfan wrote:I have to give it to Kaepernick for leveraging his failing NFL career into huge sums of money and an image as some kind of civil rights icon. Just more of the modern world creating fake heroes that benefit from their hollow beliefs.
Aseahawkfan wrote:I have to give it to Kaepernick for leveraging his failing NFL career into huge sums of money and an image as some kind of civil rights icon. Just more of the modern world creating fake heroes that benefit from their hollow beliefs.
c_hawkbob wrote:I think reason 3 was it (or nearly all of it): just avoiding the discovery process was more than enough to justify a measly $80M to avoid. Putting a gag on anything additional coming out just sweetened the deal.
A number of senior people on teams have stated they wouldn't hire him and when their and other teams
desperately needed a QB, they didn't even offer a tryout.
Aseahawkfan wrote:I have to give it to Kaepernick for leveraging his failing NFL career into huge sums of money and an image as some kind of civil rights icon. Just more of the modern world creating fake heroes that benefit from their hollow beliefs.
That's not to say that his actions weren't for a 'good' or 'just' cause.
NorthHawk wrote:BS.
A number of senior people on teams have stated they wouldn't hire him and when their and other teams
desperately needed a QB, they didn't even offer a tryout.
Using politics as a reason is still blackballing a person and as has been shown, there really isn't much
support beyond the surface for their continued actions. .
c_hawkbob wrote:I think reason 3 was it (or nearly all of it): just avoiding the discovery process was more than enough to justify a measly $80M to avoid. Putting a gag on anything additional coming out just sweetened the deal.
RiverDog wrote:
Agreed. You don't have to be guilty of anything in order not to want your private conversations made public, especially in today's world where much of the public/media considers you guilty until proven innocent.
trents wrote:So much for Kapernick. We've beaten that horse for all it's worth. But what about Eric Reid? How does he figure into this settlement and what was his motive? Was he just piggybacking on Kapernick's leverage? Reid is still an active player on an NFL team.
Another angle here is the precedent this sets for any malcontent player who can come up with some "victim" cause to wrench $$ from the NFL.
Hawktawk wrote:Reid was signed by the Panthers and just inked a three year extension. How was he harmed? Didn't his hiring kind of disprove the whole collusion thing??
Hawktawk wrote:As for Kaep did his stupid retarded political grandstanding hurt his chances to be on a team? Hell yes because he was an idiotic me first lead from behind aloof guy who according to many 9ers teammates wasn't even sure if he wanted to play. Once teams figured out his running game he became a stiff unfluid in the pocket guy who couldn't read the field and got a few receivers creamed by not looking off the safety before launching a zero touch missile of doom. Ask Vernon Davis about that. Yes the kneeling was a factor in him not getting a job because HE WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH TO MAKE IT WORTH THE BAGGAGE. If it was Russ kneeling, Tom Brady? Big Ben? Mahomes?????LMAO![]()
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Hawktawk wrote:Too bad the NFL folded.
Hawktawk wrote:
Reid was signed by the Panthers and just inked a three year extension. How was he harmed? Didn't his hiring kind of disprove the whole collusion thing??
As for Kaep did his stupid retarded political grandstanding hurt his chances to be on a team? Hell yes because he was an idiotic me first lead from behind aloof guy who according to many 9ers teammates wasn't even sure if he wanted to play. Once teams figured out his running game he became a stiff unfluid in the pocket guy who couldn't read the field and got a few receivers creamed by not looking off the safety before launching a zero touch missile of doom. Ask Vernon Davis about that. Yes the kneeling was a factor in him not getting a job because HE WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH TO MAKE IT WORTH THE BAGGAGE. If it was Russ kneeling, Tom Brady? Big Ben? Mahomes?????LMAO![]()
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Too bad the NFL folded.
jshawaii22 wrote:Obviously, there was NO collusion, no case, no nothing. NFL viewed this as a PR move to settle and I'm sure the owners & other NFL personnel that were deposed don't want to testify in open court, as it opens a lot of pandora's boxes, even with no collusion.
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