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When the Black Lives Matter protests gained steam in early summer,
rumors swirled that the NFL would seek to sign former 49ers quarterback
Colin Kaepernick as an apology for not initially supporting his
kneeling protest against police brutality. According to a recent report
from Pro Football Talk, however, no NFL teams showed any interest in
the prospect.

Citing a source, the report said that any speculation about Kaepernick heroically returning to the NFL as a revived social justice warrior was entirely “fake.”

“Per a source with knowledge of the situation, there was some ‘fake’
interest expressed immediately after Floyd’s death, seemingly out of
guilt. There has been zero interest expressed as to Kaepernick ‘in
months,'” reported the outlet.

“At one point along the way, NFL Media reported that teams had
contacted ‘friends and associates’ of Kaepernick and that they would be contacting his agent when they ‘get to the point where they’re
confident enough that they think they can work out a contract,'” the
report continued.

To further illustrate just exactly how little interest the NFL has in
signing Kaepernick, the Eagles plan to pay 41-year-old quarterback Josh
McCown “$12,000 per week for what amounts to a no-show, quarantine
quarterback job underscores the widespread lack of interest in
Kaepernick.”

Though Kaepernick may not be getting signed onto a team anytime soon,
his name has certainly been making the rounds in NFL circles. In mid-
June, for instance, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he wanted
Kaepernick to help “guide” the league on social justice issues.

“Well, listen, if he wants to resume his career in the NFL, then
obviously it’s going to take a team to make that decision,” Goodell
told ESPN. “But I welcome that, support a club making that decision,
and encourage them to do that.”

“If his efforts are not on the field but continuing to work in this
space, we welcome him to that table and to help us, guide us, help us
make better decisions about the kinds of things that need to be done in
the communities,” Goodell continued. “We have invited him in before,
and we want to make sure that everybody’s welcome at that table and
trying to help us deal with some very complex, difficult issues that
have been around for a long time.”

Goodell added, “But I hope we’re at a point now where everybody’s
committed to making long-term, sustainable change.”

In August, Goodell also said that he wished he and Kaepernick were able
to have a dialogue over what he was protesting about.

“Well, the first thing I’d say is I wish we had listened earlier, Kaep,
to what you were kneeling about and what you were trying to bring
attention to,” Goodell said. “We had invited him in several times to
have the conversation, to have the dialogue. I wish we had had the
benefit of that. We never did. And, you know, we would have benefitted
from that, absolutely.”


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