Kaep again

[BlueTalon]

I don’t have a problem with Kaep when it comes to things outside of football. He was exercising his rights. I’ll reserve my personal, biased opinion on that matter.

He coulda done anything he wanted to on his own time. Instead, he coopted the league and all its TV coverage to make it his own personal political statement. If he really felt strongly about changing police policy, he could have gone to any city hall or governor's mansion in the country and got an audience with decision makers and policy makers. He could actually have accomplished a lot.

But that's not what he wanted. He wanted create an issue, ride it for as long as possible, make himself the center of attention, and make as much money as he could doing it.

 

[flv2]

That sounds precisely like betting on himself and losing. Not sure why you "strongly disagree."

Betting on yourself would be turning down a contract offer from your current team because you believe you are worth more and that you'll receive better offers from other teams after you've become a free agent. That wasn't the case here. Kaepernick was going to join the free agency 'race'. It's better to be at the start line of a race before it begins rather than start late with a handicap. The post I responded to said he shouldn't have done that and that it was a 'FU move'. How could being cut by the 49ers just before the Draft have been a better scenario for him? I don't see any historical evidence that being released late leads to a getting better contract offers.

 

[Hawkmode]

Sadly he is a sure sign we are in the doldrums of an NFL off season. Have him give the 49ers a call...please! ...much like seeing an actor reduced to commercial appearances. Perhaps he felt encouraged seeing Geno play so well last year?

 

[BlueTalon]

Betting on yourself would be turning down a contract offer from your current team because you believe you are worth more and that you'll receive better offers from other teams after you've become a free agent. That wasn't the case here. Kaepernick was going to join the free agency 'race'. It's better to be at the start line of a race before it begins rather than start late with a handicap. The post I responded to said he shouldn't have done that and that it was a 'FU move'. How could being cut by the 49ers just before the Draft have been a better scenario for him? I don't see any historical evidence that being released late leads to a getting better contract offers.

That's a fair argument, but this is the part of your statement where IMO he bet on himself, and lost: "Unfortunately for him no team was interested in him at the price he set."

He bet that he had more overall value to a team, any team, than his then-current contract valued him at. Boy-howdy, was he wrong.

 

[SantaClaraHawk]

nfls 2018 anthem policy was way more restrictive in making players stand vs letting them sit in the locker room. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/23582533/nfl-owners-approve-new-national-anthem-policy

The nflpa fought back and to my understanding, there isn’t an official policy.

 

[flv2]

That's a fair argument, but this is the part of your statement where IMO he bet on himself, and lost: "Unfortunately for him no team was interested in him at the price he set."

He bet that he had more overall value to a team, any team, than his then-current contract valued him at. Boy-howdy, was he wrong.

He wasn't betting that he was worth more than his current contract. That contract was going to be cancelled. We don't know exactly what price he put on himself, but it was certainly lower than than $16.5M with $14.5M guaranteed. The problem for him was that no-one was prepared to guarantee him bottom-end starter money and he wasn't prepared to sign a back-up contract with incentives.

 

[BlueTalon]

The problem for him was that no-one was prepared to guarantee him bottom-end starter money and he wasn't prepared to sign a back-up contract with incentives.

There it is, really. His hubris demanded a starting spot and starting QB money. That's where his bet to be an NFL QB utterly failed, leading many to believe it's not something he really wanted, at least not enough to actually do the things necessary to become one again.

 

[MORGULON]

He coulda done anything he wanted to on his own time. Instead, he coopted the league and all its TV coverage to make it his own personal political statement. If he really felt strongly about changing police policy, he could have gone to any city hall or governor's mansion in the country and got an audience with decision makers and policy makers. He could actually have accomplished a lot.

But that's not what he wanted. He wanted create an issue, ride it for as long as possible, make himself the center of attention, and make as much money as he could doing it.

Agreed.

I saw a bunch of people using their jobs as a platform for perceived injustice not
caring for their employer or the NFL.

My question is this.

What are they doing now to right these wrongs? You would think they could get a lot of work done in the off-season. I forgot klaperdink made a Netflix special comparing the combine to slave trade .

Silly