Every single report and every single commentator said that Tebow was not picked up because of poor performance.
Kaepernick doesn’t have a leg to stand on.
No leg at all. To establish collusion it pretty much would take proving a conspiracy among 32 owners and front offices, all working with each other, to make certain Kraperdick would not have a job this fall.
There is no legal remedy for each owner concluding on their own, for any reason whatsoever, “no way in hell am I bringing THAT here”. The hearing would be great:
“So Mr. _______, given the hot garbage you had at the QB position going into the season, did you think about bringing in my client for a tryout?”
“Yeah, I thought about it for a few seconds.”
“And what were those thoughts?”
“No way in hell am I letting that whiny, kneeling, attention seeking, fan alienating a$$#o!@ near my team.”
“Did you consult with any other owners to reach that conclusion?”
“No.”
“Did you share these thoughts with any other owner?”
“No.”
Do that 32 times and...
Judge — “Case dismissed.”
Collusion is REALLY hard to prove.
Even if you have a handful of teams where the owner says “my coach and GM wanted me to give him a tryout, but I just didn’t want to have him on my team. He kind of p!$$@d me off with this kneeling BS last year”, that STILL does not prove collusion... That would take a coordinated effort among many (if not all) of the owners. They did not need to consult with each other to decide to stay away from Kraperdick.
Kaepernick doesn’t have a leg to stand on.
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That’s why he kneels!