Football How do you feel about NFL being sued by Kaepernick? - Page 8

cooper barrett · 10-15-2017, 09:58 PM

I am not doing a poll but this could could blowout the Players Union agreements and possibly become the beginning of the end of the NFL as we know it.

What are your thoughts?

Dayze · 10-16-2017, 11:31 AM

https://sports.yahoo.com/boomer-esia...152244156.html

Spoiler!

Sunday saw the Packers potentially lose Aaron Rodgers for the season while Colin Kaepernick filed a grievance against NFL owners for collusion. Could all of this be solved by the Packers signing Kaepernick? Boomer Esiason doesn't think so.

Appearing on Toucher & Rich Monday morning, Esiason stressed the lack of attention played to both Kaepernick's ability and his contract demands when noting why the 29-year-old remains out of the league.

"There is no way in the world that Colin Kaepernick could go in there tomorrow, learn that offense and go out on the field and play next week," Esiason said of a fit with the Packers. "I don't know what people are thinking about. I don't know why they don't understand that the NFL and offenses in the NFL are extremely difficult to pick up, and that's why I give former Patriot quarterback Jacoby Brissett as much credit as I possibly can, doing what he's doing what he's doing with the Indianapolis Colts, and he's been doing it on the fly."

Added Esiason: "The other aspect of all of this with Colin Kaepernick is how much does he want? And how much more is he going to let somebody else talk for him? When is he going to open his own mouth and say, ‘Yeah, you know, I want to play and this is how much I want' Everyone just assumes that somebody should just sign him because he went to the Super Bowl a number of years ago and they should write him a $10 million check because he's some sort of activist.

"I'm sorry. It doesn't work that way. You're either prepared to play and when you go in and you get an opportunity, you make the most of it. Remember, he's the one that walked away from the San Francisco 49ers. He's the one that said, ‘Hey, I'll go walk away from my contract and the amount of money you're going to pay me.' At the end of the day, other teams decided to interview and didn't want him."

Esiason says that there is "no way" Kaepernick will be able to prove collusion on the part of the NFL. Rather, Esiason hinted at the move being a publicity stunt.

"This is just another thing in the media, it's just another thing to promote what he's trying to do, it's another thing to put a black eye on the NFL," Esiason said. "In my eyes, that's what this is.

"He could be fighting for social justice and be the greatest human being in the world. At the end of the day, football teams want players who want to play football and who are good at it, and I don't believe he's either one."

**The Franchise** · 10-16-2017, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Dayze

"He could be fighting for social justice and be the greatest human being in the world. At the end of the day, football teams want players who want to play football and who are good at it, and I don't believe he's either one."

Pretty much that. Dude hasn't shown that he's all in on football. At least not from my perspective.

Dayze · 10-16-2017, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Pestilence

Pretty much that. Dude hasn't shown that he's all in on football. At least not from my perspective.

yep.
Boomer, for me anyways, pretty much summed up all the nonsense in a single sentence.

vailpass · 10-16-2017, 11:43 AM

I'd rather get tampered with by DeBerg than read a Cooper Barrett thread.

scho63 · 10-16-2017, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by BryanBusby

When you watch Matt Cassel take snaps, I don't think you can say he doesn't have a point. Or Kevin Hogan.

They ****ing suck dick. Collusion is taking place.

Being a talent isn't what it is ALL about. The NFL is a business.

Why isn't Ray Rice in the NFL?

He is more talented than many running backs playing today.

**gblowfish** · 10-16-2017, 12:31 PM

My advice to Kaep would be to start watching the CFL and learn how to move a team on only three downs.

BucEyedPea · 10-16-2017, 12:35 PM

People act as if all kinds of folks in an industry talking about not signing someone, based on their behavior. is actually illegal collusion. It's not.

Marcellus · 10-16-2017, 12:45 PM

Knile Davis should join this lawsuit. He was once really good and no one will sign him now either and look at all the shitty RB's on teams.

DeepSouth · 10-16-2017, 12:55 PM

I haven't read through the whole thread but, if he were to win the lawsuit, would the NFL be forced to make a team sign him? Or, is just for a monetary settlement? If the NFL had to make a team sign him, how would they pick.
I'd make the 0 - 6 Niners sign him to a lot less money than he walked away from. Then the 49er's could start all their scrub linemen and make him the starter.
Other NFL players that are kneeling should take note. There is a reason Kaepernick is unemployed.

cooper barrett · 10-16-2017, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by kccrow

I was thinking about voiding of the CBA.

He's still going to have a large burden on his hands to prove even two parties conspired to restrict his access to the league.

You don't get high caliber lawyers to take your case without something that passes the acid test. Oh yeah, they like a food chain consisting of 32 billionaires and their managing entity with almost bottomless pockets and a reputation to uphold.

Why do you think this owners meeting is happening tomorrow? I sure would like to find out the the boardroom has an audio/ video live feed we can watch as those snakes squirm on their belly's trying to deal with this cluster**** they got themselves into.

49'ers and the NFL should have fired his ass the first time the knee hit the ground but they were too afraid to do so..... We might lose advertisers....

****ing crybabies they will become when the the dust settles on this suit.

NFL promo picture

Slimeball he really is:

I think Kaepernick is a slimeball and hope his atty's are billing him (his "foundation" that is) by the hour and that Trump will be ineligible to run for Prez by the time it is over.

cooper barrett · 10-16-2017, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by jjchieffan

And just because nobody wants to hire a mediocre drama queen quarterback doesn't mean there's collusion. Furthermore, if it is true that he turned down any offers from teams, then his argument is void anyway. So, in true CP fashion, I would like to tell Krappernick to go fist himself, drink antifreeze, and die in a fire.

Not so, If he proves collusion of 2 or more teams, he proves collusion: Job offer or not.

Dieing with a smile on his face, in raging fire, with anti-freeze for a brine and a Savory rub? Probably just look good in pictures yet smell like bullshit.

cooper barrett · 10-16-2017, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Frazod

Hill never beat his girlfriend on the sideline while the National Anthem was playing.

Allegedly.

cooper barrett · 10-16-2017, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRedChief

oh I agree he now has a lot of serious baggage that comes with him. That is a legitimate part to consider.

But, we have people on our team who beat their pregnant girl friend. Committed crimes. These are not Boy Scouts.

In some cases "Allegedly"

I worked with an Eagle Scout who sold 5lbs of coke to the feds on Noland Road

jaa1025 · 10-16-2017, 02:39 PM

He has no case. It's extremely difficult to prove and not hard to understand why people don't want to hire him. If I'm an owner I wouldn't even hire him to clean the place after the games.

**Iowanian** · 10-16-2017, 02:42 PM

If he was good enough to be worth the hassle to have him around he would be on a team, but he isn't. He should deal with it like every other discarded journeyman who isn't good enough to be in the league.

**** that drama queen.

I'd buy more of his hero complex if he were spending his unemployed days in impoverished communities actually doing something about his concerns, but he's a whiny bitch and that's all.

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10-16-2017, 11:31 AM	#106
Dayze Resident Glue Sniffer Join Date: Nov 2003 Casino cash: $1699358	https://sports.yahoo.com/boomer-esia...152244156.html Spoiler! Sunday saw the Packers potentially lose Aaron Rodgers for the season while Colin Kaepernick filed a grievance against NFL owners for collusion. Could all of this be solved by the Packers signing Kaepernick? Boomer Esiason doesn't think so. Appearing on Toucher & Rich Monday morning, Esiason stressed the lack of attention played to both Kaepernick's ability and his contract demands when noting why the 29-year-old remains out of the league. "There is no way in the world that Colin Kaepernick could go in there tomorrow, learn that offense and go out on the field and play next week," Esiason said of a fit with the Packers. "I don't know what people are thinking about. I don't know why they don't understand that the NFL and offenses in the NFL are extremely difficult to pick up, and that's why I give former Patriot quarterback Jacoby Brissett as much credit as I possibly can, doing what he's doing what he's doing with the Indianapolis Colts, and he's been doing it on the fly." Added Esiason: "The other aspect of all of this with Colin Kaepernick is how much does he want? And how much more is he going to let somebody else talk for him? When is he going to open his own mouth and say, ‘Yeah, you know, I want to play and this is how much I want' Everyone just assumes that somebody should just sign him because he went to the Super Bowl a number of years ago and they should write him a $10 million check because he's some sort of activist. "I'm sorry. It doesn't work that way. You're either prepared to play and when you go in and you get an opportunity, you make the most of it. Remember, he's the one that walked away from the San Francisco 49ers. He's the one that said, ‘Hey, I'll go walk away from my contract and the amount of money you're going to pay me.' At the end of the day, other teams decided to interview and didn't want him." Esiason says that there is "no way" Kaepernick will be able to prove collusion on the part of the NFL. Rather, Esiason hinted at the move being a publicity stunt. "This is just another thing in the media, it's just another thing to promote what he's trying to do, it's another thing to put a black eye on the NFL," Esiason said. "In my eyes, that's what this is. "He could be fighting for social justice and be the greatest human being in the world. At the end of the day, football teams want players who want to play football and who are good at it, and I don't believe he's either one." __________________ Life is 99% inspiration, 1% Perspiration, and 1% Attention to Detial. RIP & Godspeed: Saccoppo Lonewolf Ed Fire Me Boy
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Marcellus Diablo Negro Join Date: Sep 2003 Casino cash: $-537338	Knile Davis should join this lawsuit. He was once really good and no one will sign him now either and look at all the shitty RB's on teams.
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DeepSouth War Eagle !!! Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Mobile, AL 36608 Casino cash: $9459387	I haven't read through the whole thread but, if he were to win the lawsuit, would the NFL be forced to make a team sign him? Or, is just for a monetary settlement? If the NFL had to make a team sign him, how would they pick. I'd make the 0 - 6 Niners sign him to a lot less money than he walked away from. Then the 49er's could start all their scrub linemen and make him the starter. Other NFL players that are kneeling should take note. There is a reason Kaepernick is unemployed.
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10-16-2017, 02:39 PM	#119
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Iowanian Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Utopia Casino cash: $1658454	If he was good enough to be worth the hassle to have him around he would be on a team, but he isn't. He should deal with it like every other discarded journeyman who isn't good enough to be in the league. **** that drama queen. I'd buy more of his hero complex if he were spending his unemployed days in impoverished communities actually doing something about his concerns, but he's a whiny bitch and that's all.
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