Right here. Anyone blaming Chip for that SF has no idea what they are talking about. It was a miricale that they won any games with how bad that roster was.
While i agree on Peterman, I don't agree that the baggage claims hold no water. Once the kneeling issue, kneel away my friends, became big news then the baggage started piling up. Vick went away for a few years, came back apologetically (not saying Kaep should by the way). Everyone wanted to see his redemption from Dog Killer to what he became.IThere are people like Mike Vick that got caught murdering dogs, went to federal prison for it and STILL came back to a starting job in the NFL with a collective shrug from Philadelphia fans.
The "baggage" argument holds no water here.
Peterman for reference doesn't just "suck" he's statistically the WORST quarterback in the NFL going back over 40 years. He's still in the NFL and still playing.
You obviously don't know anything about football. As a person who actually attended his last football games. A lot of those losses were due to Chip Kelly. Kelly was the worst coach in the NFL by an long mile. There were three games I went to where Kaepernick would put his team up multiple touchdowns in the first quarter. Only for Kelly's Fast Break style to lose the game.
I know, hence the 20 million.
You know that Kaepernick win/loss record was amazing a couple of seasons earlier? He played in a super bowl.I watch too much football sadly. QBs are judged by wins/losses. Single most important position in the game with the biggest influence on the outcome of the game. Chip wasn't great no argument there!
I think he was blacklisted. He deserved to get paid for the blacklisting. It's pretty difficult to think otherwise with how things went down. Many QBs out there he was better then. Just didnt see him as great or on a hall of fame trajectory that others seem to.
You know that Kaepernick win/loss record was amazing a couple of seasons earlier? He played in a super bowl.
He hasn't yet, I look forward to it. Hopefully he does soon.Has he said anything what his plans are? I guess probably not?
I found this link for charities/groups he's donated to but the article is over a year old:
https://www.ninersnation.com/2018/1...ull-list-of-organizations-one-million-dollars
Well, not sure how to interpret this.
Is this a win for Kaep because he was right all along or is this a loss because he was bought at a high enough price to keep his mouth shut...
lolI don't think there was a grand conspiracy or collusion against him. I just think no one wanted him on their team.
Asking racists not to be assholess...
Well, not sure how to interpret this.
Is this a win for Kaep because he was right all along or is this a loss because he was bought at a high enough price to keep his mouth shut...
My take is that if Kaep got paid, wouldn't it be because something even more damaging to the NFL could've been revealed during a public trial?
I mean, if you got nothing to hide, you don't pay and you fight.
We don't know, we just assume. I'd rather know.I guess that's technically true, but we already pretty much know everything, right? All the owners, every one, colluded to blacklist an African-American over speech.
Probably but paying up front is cheaper in the long run. Fighting it out in court is far more expensive than just settling and then the bad press the NFL would get especially if the collusion was even remotely close to being proven. Places settle out of court all the time without admitting fault.My take is that if Kaep got paid, wouldn't it be because something even more damaging to the NFL could've been revealed during a public trial?
I mean, if you got nothing to hide, you don't pay and you fight.
, but if he takes even 10% of that $60-$80 million rumored payday and puts it towards a good cause, I'd say it's a big win.
I'm glad this is "over." Does this mean I can go back to pointing out that Kaep was a mediocre quarterback before he started kneeling and not be labeled a race-traitor for it?
Nevermind
I mean, paying someone to shut up when the league has the manpower to fight arbitration implies something. They're acting mighty guilty if they're stuffing mouths with that much gold. The narrative that Kaepernick was forced out of the league over his protest is going to be strengthened by this, not weakened.
You don't know that. If Kaepernick was true to his word, he would have fought the NFL to the end, especially if he had a strong case, and could have exposed the NFL. By settling early, he basically sold out to the NFL.
Whatever he got is a drop in the bucket for the NFL; now whatever he supposedly stood for is buried six feet under, which was the NFL's goal all along. I'd say both sides won here, the NFL for getting rid of an annoyance, and Kaep for profiting from his kneeling.
Not necessarily. Settling early is a heck lot cheaper than potentially going to trial and face potentially a greater financial penalty. Besides, as I said earlier, whatever amount they gave Kaep is pretty much irrelevant for the NFL, and they get to shut him / narrative up for good.
But we'll never know now will we?The fact they settled speaks enough. Kaepernick mustt had the dirt
I mean if you don't have reasoning skills. This is the same league that fights CTE studies. But they settled this
If they had admitted to anything there would not of been any need for this settlement. The league wanted the controversy surrounding this gone and the best way to do that was settle and silence him with an NDA. Protests surrounding the half time show was embarrassing for them and likely would not of ended next year either unless they did this.An NDA surely means the NFL absolutely acknowledged that he was blackballed from the league and don't want anyone to know about it. Those who did nothing wrong don't keep things a legally binding secret.