NFL claims it was their Combine waiver which makes a lot of sense. They offered to provide the raw footage from their film crew and allow Nike to film a fricking commercial. Anyway you slice it they were willing to go above and beyond how any other free agent has been treated.chris98251":330smq50 said:They wanted him to sign some paperwork that was totally outside the normal scope (NFL) to do his work out in Atlanta which he would not do so he moved it to a non NFL facility.
The NFL also would not let him have a independent film crew there also.
That’s the inescapable conclusion from the assertion, as made by Kaepernick’s lawyer and Kaepernick’s agent, that the NFL demanded that he sign a broad waiver, including a waiver of potential employment claims.
Let that one sink in. The league, under the guise of acting out of the goodness of its own heart and/or to assuage the guilt of 32 months of Kaepernick being wrongfully denied an opportunity, set up a workout for all teams (even though any team could work him out at any time) and then, as he showed up for it, asked him to sign a waiver that not only protected the league and the Falcons against a torn ACL or some other injury that could have happened during the workout but also exonerated the league of any and all responsibility for the violations of his rights that may have (have) occurred since he grievance was settled in February.
By moving the workout off site he was able to have the work out with out that liability paperwork from the league.
“From the outset, Mr. Kaepernick requested a legitimate process and from the outset the NFL league office has not provided one,” the statement said. “Most recently, the NFL has demanded that as a precondition to the workout, Mr. Kaepernick sign an unusual liability waiver that addresses employment-related issues and rejected the standard liability waiver from physical injury proposed by Mr. Kaepernick’s representatives. Additionally, Mr. Kaepernick requested all media be allowed into the workout to observe and film it and for an independent film crew to be there to ensure transparency. The NFL denied this request.”
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...atement-on-change-to-colin-kaepernick-workout