Doubt if he has the power to force this issue....upon anyone.
The irony is that Goodell somehow thinks that giving Kaepernick a roster spot will somehow stop Kaepernick from being such a hot-button issue.
The reality is that teams realize that he is not worth signing on his own merits and Kaepernick would have an even bigger platform from which to kill the NFL with “wokeism”.
I work with some huge football fans, but ALL of us have essentially shrugged and are not watching this season. I am done with it.
No, but he has ways to sweeten an offer. Remember when ESPN and the rest of the media swooned over the "first openly gay" player? He kept falling in the draft until Dallas claimed him in the next-to-last round, avoiding countless columns and commentaries claiming the league "hates gays".
I'm sure Jerry Jones called Goodell and asked "how much is it worth to you to take this PR headache off your hands?" The commish probably gave them an extra supplemental draft pick or forgave a suspension or something else was bartered.
It's the same thing with Kaepernick. In fact, I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet, although it may have (he had tryouts) and he supposedly wanted too much money to sign. I think Kaepernick doesn't want to play because he makes more money from Nike just being a martyr for his race.