Colin Kaepernick Is Righter Than You Know

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Reminded me of


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And it's still people out here that play dumb and act like the police force ain't racist. It was built on racism.
 
[h1]DOES COLIN KAEPERNICK HAVE ANY LEGAL RECOURSE AGAINST THE NFL?[/h1][h3]Quarterback could potentially sue the league but would have a tough time proving any case[/h3]
https://theundefeated.com/features/does-colin-kaepernick-have-any-legal-recourse-against-the-nfl/
 
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.

The NFL shut out Kaepernick after his season-long peaceful protest. He chose not to stand during the national anthem, first sitting and then kneeling in an effort to draw attention to the oppression of black people and people of color, which infuriated decision-makers, according to many coaches and players. Commissioner Roger Goodell refutes the claim that the NFL is punishing Kaepernick for his anthem protest and is determined to end his career. Teams are “going to do whatever it takes to make their football team better,” Goodell said at an event in Los Angeles earlier this month. “If a football team feels that Colin Kaepernick … is going to improve that team, they’re going to [sign] him.”

It’s clear, however, what has happened to Kaepernick. All anyone has to do to see it is open their eyes, USC law professor Jody David Armour said.

“Some people will say that he isn’t with a team because he hasn’t earned it on the merits, he hasn’t earned it with his performance, not because owners and others have issues with his political positions,” said Armour, author of Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism: The Hidden Costs of Being Black in America.

“But it’s hard to look at statistics on the number of players who have signed contracts who haven’t been to the playoffs, who haven’t been to a Super Bowl and who can’t point to the kind of record that he can point to and say that there isn’t something going on here in the way of a message being sent out in some kind of discrimination.”

What Armour laid out may provide Kaepernick with the legal grounds to challenge the NFL in court, according to Susan D. Carle, a professor of law at American University’s Washington College of Law. Carle, an expert in discrimination, labor and employment law, said professional sports teams “have the complete right to choose the person they think is going to be best, and they can make that decision based on any reason except an illegal reason. So the only way that Kaepernick would have a viable lawsuit would be if he could show they were using an illegal reason” not to sign him. “And illegal reasons could include … race discrimination.”

But Kaepernick would face a high bar to prove his case, Carle acknowledged. “It would be very hard to show, and this is true in any kind of discrimination case, that the reason we didn’t hire you was because of an illegal reason and not just because we thought somebody else would be better at the job,” said Carle. “Every plaintiff in any kind of employment case faces that problem.”

Kaepernick would face another problem unique to his field, said Victor M. Glasberg, a longtime civil rights attorney. The NFL is almost 70 percent black, so “a team that has hired, hires and is full of African-Americans is not one that’s going to be able to be painted as [an organization] that’s not hiring somebody because of their race,” said Glasberg, whose Virginia-based firm is included in a U.S. News and World Report nationwide listing of the “best law firms for civil rights work.”

The recent acquittal of the Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop, parts of which were streamed online, and other acquittals of officers after fatal encounters with blacks provide painful examples of the issues African-Americans face with law enforcement. Kaepernick used his platform to shine a light on inequity within the system while also giving his money and time in an effort to effect positive change.

Even some of Kaepernick’s detractors in the NFL privately concede that he’s good enough to have a place in the sport, and it’s not fair his career has been derailed for trying to help others. “But no matter where you stand on what he did, he’s just not worth the hassle,” an NFL offensive playcaller said.

It seems apparent owners are using Kaepernick to dissuade players from being socially active during business hours, USC’s Armour said, which could also be part of a legal argument — if Kaepernick decides to make it.

If a politically active player “didn’t have the credentials to be a starter or a backup in the first place, then there’s no real issue” if he doesn’t have a contract, Armour said. “What makes the league’s message so crystal clear — at least to anyone whose eyes are open — is that he is good enough to get picked up.

“But what they’re doing is sending a deterrent signal out to all other players. They’re sending a signal to anyone who might be thinking about taking unpopular political stances and supporting maligned and marginalized groups: We want you to see what can happen to you. Look what happened to Kaepernick.”
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There's definitely collusion going on by the owners, but proving it would be impossible. That Seattle tryout was nothing more than a dog and pony show. It's a shame what's being done to Colin.
 
Then the dumb *** reasons these people give to justify him not being signed. :lol:


"It's his vegetarian diet"

"he doesn't take football serious"



Now the newest is John Lynch saying he has to do a interview cuz he has a image problem. So basically he has to kiss some *** and "I love the flag" "All lives matter..."


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I respect Colin sticking by his message through this.

I'm hopeful that this works out for him in the end. It's foul how they're doing him, but we ALL saw this coming. Good old America.
 
Dumb *****. It's blatant bigotry. They continue to create their own narratives for the sole purpose of attacking kaep
 
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Coming from the same lady who berated a lady who was working at an impound lot where her car was held. Not surprised.

She respects veterans but not blue collar workers. Pff...
 
I swear the most wretched ****head priviliged fools wanna use the veteran argument...as if its thier personal ammo for defending thier horribly skewed views. Damn you spoiled white **** leave us veterans out of this....most of us aren't even of your kind to speak on. Get off of the veteran praise ******** antics....because its disingenuous and we can smell the BS a mile away
 
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It'd be so great to see the players band together and boycott week 1 of pre-season in protest of the NFL's response to Kaep. 

Gotta start small and a pre-season game would be the way to start it, basically as a threat. 
 
I wish Colin Kaepernick was a much better football player. his heart is in the right place, but he misjudged the height of his platform.

****, they tried to discard Ali for not getting with the program, and he was the fistfighting champion of Earth.

sad part is there really is no way to 'prove' he doesn't have a job because of his "political beliefs," seeing as it's essentially been all downhill since the lights went out in Super Bowl XLVII.

I will say I respect him for seeking a path that is more meaningful to him.
 
The best "**** you" Kaep could give the league is teaching all the rookies how to be financially independent. Once you are, how else can the owners keep you on a leash?

No need to take the billionaires to court in a system where money dictates who's getting justice.
 
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It'd be so great to see the players band together and boycott week 1 of pre-season in protest of the NFL's response to Kaep. 

Gotta start small and a pre-season game would be the way to start it, basically as a threat. 
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Never gonna happen
 
I know y'all hate him nt imagine if Kaep talked business w LBJ. Let these athletes maximize and cut out the owners
 
Chopper said:
It'd be so great to see the players band together and boycott week 1 of pre-season in protest of the NFL's response to Kaep. 

Gotta start small and a pre-season game would be the way to start it, basically as a threat. 
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The league isn't above getting scabs/replacements for players. You'd still have well the vast majority of quarterbacks likely not partaking in this. Your Tom Brady's etc. then they'd fill out rosters with people who'd cross the line and other bums. The quality would surely decrease but people will even pay to watch the browns play.

Players in the NFL just don't have the same kind of power they do in the NBA
 
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