Posted on 02/15/2019 12:14:36 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has settled his collusion lawsuit against the NFL, lawyers for the athlete and the league said Friday.
Kaepernick and former teammate Eric Reid, who both took knees during the national anthem before games in 2016 in a protest against systematic racism, had filed suit against the league for allegedly colluding against them to keep them from playing.
"For the past several months, counsel for Mr. Kaepernick and Mr. Reid have engaged in an ongoing dialogue with representatives of the NFL," according to a statement by their lawyers, Mark Geragos and Ben Meiselas.
"As a result of those discussions, the parties have decided to resolve the pending grievances. The resolution of this matter is subject to a confidentiality agreement so there will be no further comment," said the statement, which was also released by the NFL.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
NFL columnist Mike Freeman reported that “team officials are speculating to me [that] the NFL paid Kaepernick in the $60 million to $80 million range.”
Not so small.
GiVing in to Kaepernick will just create more guys who would rather extort the NFL than work for it.
The deal calls for him to be inducted into the Hall of Fame when they open up the new SJW wing, and an annual award in his name to other players that meet hus standards. /s
pathetic
How much did they pay him to just shut up and go away? Confidentiality agreement huh.....
thank you for the /s tag
That is insane! They are stupid as rocks if they gave him that!
10 Million would have been 9.9 Million too much!...............
A lot of many to you and me, but chump change for the league if the result is that Kaepernick is gone and no longer an issue.
He needs to just go away.
They better be giving Tim Teebow, the first kneeler, money for the same thing then.
The league has 14 billion in revenue. 60 million is a rounding error on their budget.
hopefully, this means we’re through having this insulting jerk thrust in our faces by the media
(but this is probably just a dream...knowing the media...)
No doubt he will donate to the disadvantaged his share of the proceeds right?
Now you watch, there will be others who want a piece of that action...................
LOSER, HE WAS FIGHTING THE ‘GOOD FIGHT’ AND SOLD OUT!
Probably not. Anybody else that might be able to argue collusion (a case I think Kaep would have lost, too many rumors of offers he declined) has a video of them hitting a woman that can be brought to bear. There’s a certain level of sympathy among the chattering classes for him, gave his situation a different feel. Let’s face it, the league could stand up and say “hell yeah we colluded to keep Ray Rice out” and nobody would complain.
They can afford now that everyone he and they offended, and never rectified, have returned to watching.
The settlement is being reported to be $60 - $80 million.
No shit.
Isn’t that roughly the amount he lost by opting out of his contract in 2016?
I know he was probably going to be cut, and never would have gotten the full value, but this might be how the NFL justifies the settlement.
IOW....I’m still a useless blob and can’t play football. I would’ve lost this too
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