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DOES COLIN KAEPERNICK HAVE ANY LEGAL RECOURSE AGAINST THE NFL?
ESPN ^ | June 30, 2017 | Jason Reid

Posted on 06/30/2017 11:32:42 AM PDT by C19fan

While Colin Kaepernick awaits an offer that’s unlikely to come to rejoin the NFL, could he take his fight from the court of public opinion to a court of law? The NFL is under no legal requirement to employ Kaepernick. No judge could compel a team to sign him. But the quarterback, who has been passed over repeatedly for jobs this offseason — jobs that have gone to far less accomplished passers — could potentially sue the league.

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TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: football; loser; nfl
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To: C19fan

Kaepernick had one of the most historically awful seasons in the history of football. Why isn’t ESPN pushing Tebow to sue?


61 posted on 06/30/2017 1:39:56 PM PDT by dangus
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To: C19fan
It's all in the eyes of mgt as to which player is or is not capable of playing.

Kapernick has bitten the hand that fed him very well.

He's learning the lessons of that.

62 posted on 06/30/2017 1:49:22 PM PDT by ealgeone (int)
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Yes ESPN you hire him and pay him $20 million/year to pass footballs around the NFL Countdown set! Win, win plus you could promote the black panthers, Joanne chesimard, Che, Fidel, maduro, Chavez, hillary, Bernie the embezzler, bammy the crook, and the sky is falling algore. People are free to commit career suicide about being oppressed while earning $20 million per year. Or he could go back to his African roots homeland to make a real difference; he could be the star soccer player kicking around a dead goat’s head for 15 euro per season....


63 posted on 06/30/2017 1:53:08 PM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: poinq
I would not watch a team that hired him, even as a backup.

My SiL is a rabid Steelers fan. I think even wears yellow and black underwear.

But when they signed Michael Vick she dumped them.

64 posted on 06/30/2017 2:33:46 PM PDT by Vinnie
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To: C19fan

ESPN is over.


65 posted on 06/30/2017 2:36:28 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Single payer is coming. Which kind do you like?)
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To: C19fan

“Peanuts, Peanuts” “Get your Peanuts”


66 posted on 06/30/2017 2:37:58 PM PDT by Vinnie
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To: C19fan

No, he cannot force any team to sign him.


67 posted on 06/30/2017 2:44:30 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: C19fan

Real world legal situation?

He would have to find 12 people who agreed with him. Even in a state allowing a preponderance, non unanimous jury verdict, I’d find a couple of vets to tie up any jury.


68 posted on 06/30/2017 2:49:06 PM PDT by Strac6 ("We sleep safe in our beds only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on the enemy.")
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To: C19fan

Perhaps he ought to pursue a job in the Canadian football league. The he could stand for “oh can of duz”.


69 posted on 06/30/2017 3:09:03 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: DoodleDawg

That is Colin Kaepernick’s second favorite position - behind kneeling when decent people stand for our flag.


70 posted on 06/30/2017 3:09:14 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: C19fan
To answer the question, no, he doesn't. Civil rights laws don't protect one against being "discriminated" against due to one's political views.

If Colin could successfully sue, so could ever conservative actor in Hollywood denied a job because of his political views.

71 posted on 06/30/2017 3:17:07 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: C19fan

You can sue a ham sandwich. Oh, wait that’s indict a ham sandwich. But the results would be similar.


72 posted on 06/30/2017 3:39:50 PM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: C19fan

I respect Tim Tebow. NFL treated him worse. I didn’t hear him whine or think that he had PRIVILEGE and entitlement. He didn’t like what the NFL did. But he forgave and moved on.


73 posted on 06/30/2017 4:00:37 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: C19fan

Kaepernick opted out of his contract with SF. Probably not even eligible for unemployment compensation


74 posted on 06/30/2017 11:14:44 PM PDT by Figment
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To: kosciusko51

Maybe he could get the same deal the USFL (or was it the WFL) got when they won their collusion case against the NFL. $1, triple damages


75 posted on 06/30/2017 11:19:55 PM PDT by Figment
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To: C19fan

He can sue them for allowing his bullsheeet!
So yeah, I say yes.

Is it not a wacky world of many lawyers.


76 posted on 06/30/2017 11:34:57 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: al baby

No, I have had no problem avoiding Kaepernick. I have rad articles on FR that refer to him not being able to get a job. I am also interested in articles about his right to a job. I read those because I feel he has no rights to his job. That his job is that of an entertainer. And to the extent that people don’t watch him playing football, he will be less valuable to a team, even if he is an OK quarterback and can be gotten for a cheap price.

But he does offend me. And I don’t merely root against him. I don’t watch.


77 posted on 07/01/2017 7:32:32 AM PDT by poinq
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To: C19fan
Let's assume a complete worst-case-scenario that some completely corrupt judge orders the NFL to hire Colin Krapernick and put him back in a QB spot.

Is there anyone who thinks there's an offensive line in the NFL that will protect him?

I don't.

78 posted on 07/01/2017 7:36:00 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: DoodleDawg

Love it!!


79 posted on 07/01/2017 7:43:33 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: grania

It’s a free country. He’s free to protest, the team is free to fire him, and the fan’s are free to protest Kaepernick and the NFL.


80 posted on 07/02/2017 6:58:27 AM PDT by MichaelRDanger
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