Kaepernick's attorney on NFL collusion case: We will have a smoking gun

[HAB911]

(CNN)Colin Kaepernick's attorney Mark Geragos said Tuesday he has a "high degree of confidence" that he will be able to prove National Football League team owners colluded to keep Kaepernick from being signed.

"I am going to predict right now that we will have a smoking gun," Geragos told CNN's Anderson Cooper on "AC360." "There are people who are not going to get into an arbitration proceeding and they are not going to lie. They are not going to lie. They are going to tell the truth and they're going to say what happened. They were told no, you're not going to hire him."

Kaepernick, who is still a free agent, first took a knee during the singing of the National Anthem before a 2016 preseason game. He said he knelt to protest the treatment of black Americans, particularly by police.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/17/us/colin-kaepernick-nfl-collusion-case-mark-geragos-anderson-cooper-cnntv/index.html?sr=twCNN101817colin-kaepernick-nfl-collusion-case-mark-geragos-anderson-cooper-cnntv1125AMVODtop

[Not Ruth]

1. Shame on the NFL

[pintobean]

2. He quit his job with the 49ers

The NFL doesn't owe him a job with a different team.

[LanternWaste]

3. Good thing he's not making that argument, then. Only you are.

Good thing he's not making that argument, then. Only you are.

His argument regards collusion, not being owed a job.

[HAB911]

4. +++++++++++

[mythology]

6. It's effectively what the argument is.

The argument is that he would be employed if not for his protest. A claim that isn't believable on its face given how other protesting players are still employed.

[Thrill]

7. Yes it is when no one can honestly claim

There are when you consider third string QBs that there are 40 or more better QBs than him in the league. And that’s not counting current starters. The Titans just signed friggin Brandon Weeden, who couldn’t hold Colin’s jock strap.

They better hope there isn’t an email or text string out there. Which I’m betting there is.

[rogue emissary]

5. That's not the whole truth.

From the 49ers GM

The 49ers would've cut Colin Kaepernick if he hadn't opted out of his contract
by Will Brinson

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/the-49ers-wouldve-cut-colin-kaepernick-if-he-hadnt-opted-out-of-his-contract/

" . . . Many believed that Kaepernick was going to be released anyway had he not voluntarily removed himself from the roster and, in an interview with Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, 49ers GM John Lynch confirmed as much.

"Yes, and we had that conversation with him. So I don't want to characterize it as he made a decision to leave here. We both sat down and under that current construct of his deal, it was a big number," Lynch said. "Kyle [Shanahan] had a vision for what he wanted to do, and one thing I think Kyle was very clear and I think Colin appreciated, is that Kyle has an idea of how he'd play with Colin Kaepernick. But he preferred to run the exact offense that he ran in Atlanta last year that was record-breaking in this league. And if you change it for the quarterback, you change it for everybody on that offense. So he had a great discussion that I think gave Colin clarity, so we moved on.

Brian Hoyer was one of the guys we pursued. Once we pursued him, we didn't see Kap as a backup that would really fit in that scheme and we communicated that to him. So I think we've been very up front with it. But I think that is a fair characterization. Yes, he was not going to be here under the construct of his contract. We gave him the option: 'You can opt out, we can release you, whatever.' And he chose to opt out, but that was just a formality." . . .

[Gothmog]

8. This will be fun to watch