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NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is encouraging teams to sign Colin Kaepernick after he was effectively shunned by the league after he began kneeling protest during 2016 season
AP ^ | June 16, 2020 | Staff

Posted on 06/16/2020 3:12:35 AM PDT by C19fan

Roger Goodell would like to see Colin Kaepernick back in the NFL this season. The NFL commissioner said during ESPN's 'The Return of Sports' special on Monday that he is encouraging teams to sign the 32-year old quarterback, who hasn't played the past three seasons. Kaepernick was with the San Francisco 49ers in 2016 when he kneeled during the national anthem to protest racial injustice.

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TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: blm; football; negrofootballleague; nfl
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To: C19fan

Does he not suck now? Because he sucked.


61 posted on 06/16/2020 5:39:12 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: mewzilla

Nike


62 posted on 06/16/2020 5:39:29 AM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: ImNotLying; C19fan

“Goodbye NFL, Goodbye NBA, no big loss.”

Don’t bet on it. There are plenty of addicts, including even freepers, who’ll be tuning in once the season starts.


63 posted on 06/16/2020 5:42:03 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you.)
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To: mewzilla

Nike


64 posted on 06/16/2020 5:42:57 AM PDT by bwest
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Sign that racist pos as a qb????....he should be the commissioner!


65 posted on 06/16/2020 5:44:57 AM PDT by TnTnTn
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To: C19fan

Surely Goodell can find a job in his office for Kappernick


66 posted on 06/16/2020 5:54:11 AM PDT by FLCowboy, (Democrats relish groveling in the dirt)
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To: C19fan

Wo wants a has been who was a bad player to begin with, worse after yrs of not playing.


67 posted on 06/16/2020 5:55:07 AM PDT by GailA ( I AM A TRUMP GIRL)
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To: C19fan

Jay-Z is now, for all intents and purposes, the NFL Commissioner.


68 posted on 06/16/2020 5:55:44 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: bankwalker
The fans aren’t their customers ... the advertisers are.

Never forget that!

69 posted on 06/16/2020 5:56:39 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: C19fan

The NFL is not about football anymore.


70 posted on 06/16/2020 5:58:02 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: American Infidel
The only reason a team would sign him is to virtue-signal. I don't think kaepernick himself really wants to play. He doing quite well hammering checks from nike without having to take the risk of being injured or looking foolish on the field due to his diminished skills.

At this point, I would not be surprised if the NFL forces someone to hire him, then stage some fake plays in a game in which the defense goes easy on him, just to make hime look good. The NFL is not about sports any more.

71 posted on 06/16/2020 6:06:55 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (With every passing day, I am a little bit gladder that Romney lost in 2012.)
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To: C19fan
It’s time to teach the NFL some economics.
72 posted on 06/16/2020 6:09:56 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: C19fan

What team owners in their right minds would want to subject themselves and their teams to that PR nightmare? Several 'tried him out' last season and declined to make any offers.

How many more preferential with less baggage candidates are available?

Hiring Kap for the sake of hiring Kap is not a sound business decision.


73 posted on 06/16/2020 6:11:42 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: C19fan

49ers 2016 Record: 2-14.

Says it all.


74 posted on 06/16/2020 6:11:48 AM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting.)
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To: bankwalker

The level of fan support directly correlates to revenue generated from advertisers. The buck stops with the fans, ultimately.


75 posted on 06/16/2020 6:24:02 AM PDT by MountainWalker
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To: snoringbear

I don’t see a scenario where CK wants to sit on the bench as a backup QB, and I don’t see a scenario where a team paying its starting QB $35 million per season is going to want anyone other than a low-rent nobody as their backup.


76 posted on 06/16/2020 6:35:55 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("We're human beings ... we're not f#%&ing animals." -- Dennis Rodman, 6/1/2020)
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To: C19fan

F_CK THE NFL!

During “Preview” I took out the “U”.


77 posted on 06/16/2020 6:36:53 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: American Infidel
Goodell might actually be playing this smart.

I don't know when it happened -- because I haven't been a serious NFL fan for years, and probably haven't watched an NFL game from start to finish since the mid-1990s -- but at some point it seems like the NFL has less TV coverage of actual football games than it has bullsh!t between games and on non-game days. And it seems like I've heard more talk on sports radio shows in recent years about "fantasy leagues" than real games. The NFL has been so successful that they've completely saturated the TV sports market -- to the point where they literally have no more football (even fake "fantasy" football) to offer.

Now look around at all the sports leagues that aren't even playing any games at all -- and think of all the lost revenue that entails.

What better way to keep your professional sports league in the news than to push a stupid story about a loser of a former player like CK -- just to get a bunch of media attention at a time when people have gotten used to life without sports?

78 posted on 06/16/2020 6:45:41 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("We're human beings ... we're not f#%&ing animals." -- Dennis Rodman, 6/1/2020)
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To: Alberta's Child
people have gotten used to life without sports

I enjoy the PGA, I'm all set.

79 posted on 06/16/2020 6:47:52 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (#openupstateny)
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To: C19fan

I think Goodell should do the right thing and give his job to Kaepernick. It’s the only way to cleanse the “stain” of patriotism from his thug league.


80 posted on 06/16/2020 7:38:50 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is li)
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