Posted on 07/29/2017 11:32:35 AM PDT by American Quilter
Colin Kaepernick is likely being blackballed, according to ESPNs Adam Schefter. There have been plenty of other reasons and excuses provided by NFL teams to explain why the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback is still a free agent, but Kaepernicks protests from the 2016 season loom large.
In a Thursday morning appearance on ESPN Radios Mike and Mike, Adam Schefter said he believes that NFL owners have tried to keep coaches and front-office personnel from going after Kaepernick.
Do I think that certain owners have blocked teams from visits or interest? I do, I do believe that, Schefter said. And I think that there has been more interest in him from the coaching and front office level than there has been at the ownership level. So it was always going to take a unique opportunity for him to be brought in, in the right place, at the right spot, at the right time.
Many others believe NFL owners have halted general managers from signing Kaepernick, but Schefter is one of the most connected reporters in the league and one of the few to actually say that owners are likely the reason Kaepernick is still a free agent.
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Nope. See post 4.
Which is (afterall) why he pulled his crap.
Since he couldn’t make himself valuable on the field, he hoped to make it politically necessary to retain him.
Nope. See post 4.
Which is (afterall) why he pulled his crap.
Since he couldn’t make himself valuable on the field, he hoped to make it politically necessary to retain him.
Oh I hope they take him....then his vegetarian butt will get beat to little tiny pieces
Winning games with Kapernick would bring lower ratings that losing with a fourth stringer. I’m serious.
Has anybody noticed all these sports networks are not running down
the Kat to try to hire him as a sportscaster for their networks?
The reason, viewers would turn the channel very quickly.
And that network ratings would tank.
If these networks and blogs are so concerned about Kat landing
a job, let them offer him one at one of their networks...and watch
how their ratings tank.
I would not hire him. There are many capable players available to hire. And this guy is poison for the gate ( business). Literal poison. and it’s not like he’s some kind of innocent victim. He goes out of his way to insult the fans ( customers) with his (needless) anti- American BS statements and displays. Anyone making $252, ooo ,00o .69 to play a children’s game ( and only so- so, at that ) has nothing to complain about America. He should be kissing the ground every time he’s tackled
The other factor is getting bombarded every day of stories about NFL players being arrested for domestic abuse or other crimes.
Also the stories about the long-term affects of concussions are taking a toll.
Kids are not gravitating to the NFL. As fans die off, they will not be replaced.
Gee, maybe Kap should have considered this before he flipped the whole country the bird? Obviously, he’s not very smart.
NFL: Negros, Felons, and Liberals. No one else allowed.
What pisses me off is he already made more in his “career” than I have been able to accumulate in working my butt off for 40 years. I am pretty close to retirement and I will be comfortable, even without SS.
I appreciate what God has given me, especially the chance to work and get the success that can come of that work in this great country of ours.
It would never occur to me to stick a middle finger at it, especially if I got scads of money for failing my first real job.
If kapernick could read and throw like Joe or Steve, then he could wear a tutu on the field and no one could care less. He was a half season fluke.
All my kids are in at least two Fantasy Football leagues.
>>Except Tim was blacklisted for being a Christian, while Kapernick is being Tebowed for being a traitor.<<
As much as I would like to think caperdink is being blackballed like the article says, he shares one trait responsible for his not being picked up with Tim Tebow:
He sucks at QB.
“Has anybody noticed all these sports networks are not running down
the Kat to try to hire him as a sportscaster for their networks?”
“The reason, viewers would turn the channel very quickly.
And that network ratings would tank.”
Nailed it!
No kidding. He has a piss poor aptitude to go along with his piss poor attitude.
Maybe North Korea could hire him to do the color at the weekly anti-aircraft gun executions.
Kaepernick destroyed his own brand. He wasn’t blackballed.
No team owner wants to associate with a brand that would pollute their own brand.
Economic decisions do not constitute “blackballing”.
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