FORMER SAN%
FRANCISCO 49ers QUARTERBACK%
COLIN KAEPERNICK HAS NOT PLAYED%
IN THE NFL SINCE 2016.%
NOW PHIL COMMISSIONER IS%
ENCOURAGING TEAMS TO SIGN HIM.%
>> IF HE WANTS TO RESUME HIS%
CAREER IN THE NFL, THAT WILL
TAKE A TEAM TO MAKE THAT%
DECISION.%
I WELCOME THAT SUPPORT OF MAKING
THAT DECISION AND ENCOURAGE THEM
TO DO THAT.%
>> GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON.%
I LOVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK
ABOUT GOODELL’S COMMENTS ON
KAEPERNICK HERE.%
HERE SOME NFL PLAYERS HAVE
CRITICIZED HIS SPEECH.%
IS THIS TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE?%
>> I THINK IT IS.%
THE AVERAGE NFL CAREER LASTS%
ABOUT THREE SEASONS.%
FOUR YEARS TAKEN AWAY FROM HIS%
CAREER -- YOU HAVE TAKE AN LOT%
OF OPPORTUNITIES AWAY FROM HIM.%
YOU HAVE ALSO TAKEN A LOT OF
SALARY AWAY FROM HIM AS WELL.%
WHO KNOW WHAT’S SHAPE HE IS IN%
AT THIS TIME WHEN HE IS REMOVED%
FROM THE NFL.%
IT IS A RESPONSE TO THE PUBLIC%
PRESSURE ROGER GOODELL IS%
FACING.%
IT IS A RESPONSE GIVEN BASED OFF
THE STANCE THEY FEEL ON THIS%
ISSUE BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND -- AND PEOPLE WHO SIDE%
TOWARDS SOCIAL JUSTICE.%
>> MY HUSBAND AND I SIT%
DOWN AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT%
IF THIS TEAM -- WE TRY TO
IMAGINE THE SCENARIO.%
WHO MIGHT STEP UP, WHO MIGHT%
SIGN HIM AND WHERE MIGHT WILL BE
A GOOD FIT?%
DO YOU EXPECT ANYONE WILL SIGN%
HIM?%
ARE THERE ANY TEAMS YOU SAY THIS
WOULD MAKE SENSE?%
>> I WILL BE COMPLETELY HONEST.%
I THOUGHT COLIN KAEPERNICK’S --%
CAREER WAS DONE.%
HOWEVER THIS CHANGE OF HEART A%
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING, I
THINK THE TEAM MAKES THE MOST%
SENSE ARE THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS.%
THEY DID REACH OUT TO SEE IF HE
WOULD BE INTERESTED IN JOINING%
THE TEAM.%
HOWEVER, THE ONE HICCUP WAS THE%
SEAHAWKS HAD ASKED HE WOULD
STILL BE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING
IN PROTESTING FOR POLICE
BRUTALITY AGAINST -- POLICE%
BRUTALITY THAT IS AND DURING%
SOCIAL JUSTICE DURING THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM.%
AFTER THAT CONVERSATION HAPPENED
THE SEAHAWKS DID NOT SIGN HIM%
AND DID NOT HAVE A CONVERSATION% WITH HIM AGAIN.%
WITH HIM AGAIN.%
I BELIEVE PETE CARROLL IS TRYING
TO HOLD HIMSELF ACCOUNTABLE.%
I THINK THE RAVENS COULD BE%
ANOTHER SCENARIO THAT HE COULD
MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.%
BASICALLY ASSIST THEM IN A%
SCHEME THAT COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE SKILL SET, THAT CAN TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF HIS POCKET PRESENCE
BUT ALSO HIS ABILITY TO SCRAMBLE
AND -- MAKE PLAYS HAPPEN ON THE%
FLY.%
THE PROBLEM IS THEY ARE GUESSING
WHAT KIND OF SHAPE IS COLIN
KAEPERNICK IN?%
IS HE CAPABLE OF PLAYING?%
CAN HE STEP UP AND WIN A GAME?%
AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY%
YES, WE ARE NOT SURE SIMPLY%
BECAUSE WE NOT HAVE SEEN HIM ON
THE FIELD IN FOUR YEARS.%
SOMEONE HAS TO SIGN COLIN%
KAEPERNICK.%
THAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE.%
THE NFL HAS DONE ABSOLUTELY -- A
POOR, POOR, POOR REACTION TO%
WHAT COLIN KAEPERNICK HAS BEEN
FIGHTING FOR.%
>> LOOK, WE HAVE SEEN THE VIDEOS
OF KAEPERNICK WORKING OUT.%
IT LOOKS LIKE THE GUY IS IN%
INCREDIBLE SHAPE.%
I THINK A LOT OF SPORTS FANS%
WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT HE CAN%
POTENTIALLY DO.%
WHAT AN INCREDIBLY THING TO SEE
HIM COME BACK AND PLAY SO WELL.%
HE LOOKS LIKE HE HAS THE FITNESS
TO FOR IT.%
LETS TALK ABOUT THE TAKING A%
KNEE ITSELF.%
WHEN HE FIRST TOOK A KNEE PEOPLE
WERE REALLY DIVIDED ON THIS.%
THIS WAS CONTROVERSIAL.%
NOW MORE NFL PLAYERS ARE SAYING%
IT -- THEY WILL BE DOING IT THIS
SEASON.%
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO SEE ON THE
FIELD THIS FALL IF WE DO HAVE% FOOTBALL?%
TO YOU -- DO YOU EXPECT WE WILL
SEEING NFL WIDE PROTESTS IN.%
>> I DO BELIEVE ATHLETES WILL%
DEMONSTRATE.%
I CAN SAY THAT FROM A COUPLE OF%
ATHLETES FROM WHICH I’VE TALKED
TO ANONYMOUSLY THAT HAVE STATED%
AND SAME THING.%
THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE
FEARFUL BECAUSE THEY SAW THE
REACTION THAT COLIN KAEPERNICK%
RECEIVED.%
I THINK -- 100% YOU WILL
SEE A LOT MORE PLAYERS%
RESPONDING TO THIS.%
I THINK THERE ARE A LOT MORE NFL
PLAYERS WHO FEEL A CALL TO%
ACTION.%
THEY ARE REALIZING THIS IS A
MOVEMENT.%
THE ONLY WAY TO CONTINUE THIS%
MOVEMENT IS TO LET YOURSELF BE%
HEARD ON THE GREATEST PLATFORM
THEY HAVE WHICH IS THE NFL.%
>> DO YOU THINK THIS IS A SIGN
THAT
THE NFL IS STARTING TO CHANGE?%
I KNOW IT HAS LONG BEEN%
CRITICIZED FOR NOT SPEAKING UP,%
FOR NOT TAKING A STAND ON A%
VARIETY OF ISSUES.%
>> YES.%
I AM ALWAYS GOING TO BE
SKEPTICAL OF THESE LARGE MASSIVE
CORPORATIONS THAT ARE VERY% GREEDY LIKE THE NFL IS AND ARE
GREEDY LIKE THE NFL IS AND ARE
ALL ABOUT THEIR POCKETS AND
PROFITS.%
THIS STRUCTURE CHANGE WILL TAKE%
TIME.%
THEY ARE DEMANDING%
TRANSPARENCY.%
THEY ARE DEMANDING ACTION.%
IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN A SOCIAL
MEDIA VIDEO FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.%
IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN GOODELL%
SAYING HE WELCOMES NFL TEAMS DO%
SO.%
THE STRUCTURE IN THE NFL IS VERY FLAWING.%
FLAWING.%
VERY -- FLAWED.%
VERY -- FLAWED.% ,
NUMBER OF
COACHES AND %
LEADERSHIP AND %
ESPECIALLY THE %
AMOUNT OF %
OWNERS. %
THERE ARE ZERO %
BLOCK NFL OWNERS %
OUT OF 32 TEAMS, %
AND COMPARED TO %
A BODY OF NFL
PLAYERS THAT %
CONSIST ALMOST %
OF 75% BLACK, %
THERE’S A LOT OF %
STRUCTURAL %
CHANGES WHICH THE
NFL MUST DO IF %
THEY CONSIDER %
THEMSELVES AS %
NOT ONLY AN ALLY,
TO BLACK PEOPLE %
AND ALSO AN ALLY %
TO CHANGE FOR %
SOCIAL EQUALITY %
AS A WHOLE.
>> MASTER, I %
HAVE TO ASK YOU %
BEFORE YOU WROTE
GO. %
WE HAVE THE %
POSSIBILITY % WHETHER WE WILL %
WHETHER WE WILL %
HAVE FOOTBALL %
THIS FALL. %
WE WERE HOPING %
WE MIGHT HAVE %
MAJOR-LEAGUE %
BASEBALL, BUT %
FOURTH OF JULY, %
THAT’S NOT %
LOOKING GOOD. %
AS YOU LOOK OUT, %
WHAT DO YOU %
THINK? %
WILL WE HAVE %
BASEBALL THIS %
SUMMER, FOOTBALL %
IN THE FALL? %
WHAT ARE YOU %
EXPECTING. %
TOUCH I THINK %
BASEBALL, AT %
SOME POINT THEY %
ARE GOING TO %
HAVE TO PLAY. %
>> I DON’T THINK %
IT’S GOING TO %
HAPPEN BY FOURTH %
OF JULY. %
THAT’S OUT OF %
THE QUESTION. %
WHEN YOU THINK %
ABOUT THESE %
PLAYERS WITHOUT %
TOGETHER
TOGETHER, TRAIN. %
IS NOT ENOUGH %
PROBLEM FOR THEM %
TO PROPERLY
EXECUTE THAT.
HOWEVER, %
BASEBALL NEEDS
TO PLAY.
THERE WAS AN %
OPPORTUNITY TO % HAVE, TO TAKE
HAVE, TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF
SOMETHING THAT’S %
GOING ON IN THE %
GLOBAL PANDEMIC
TO GROW THEIR %
AUDIENCE IN A
SIMILAR WAY %
WHICH NASCAR IS %
ADDRESSING THEIR %
OWN ISSUES OF %
HOW THEY HAVE %
NOT BEEN THE %
MOST INCLUSIVE %
SPORT. %
THEY ARE NOW
BANNING THE %
CONFEDERATE FLAG %
AND TRYING TO BE
MORE INVITING %
AND OPEN TOWARDS %
THEIR BLACK %
VIEWERS AND %
ESPECIALLY A %
BLACK AUDIENCE, %
MORE DIVERSE %
AUDIENCE BUILD
HATEFUL HAS THE %
SAME OPPORTUNITY %
TO INVITE ITSELF %
TO A WIDER %
AUDIENCE.
NOW, IT’S ON THE
SURFACE. %
SIMPLY PUT, THE
OWNERS DO NOT %
WANT TO TAKE ON %
THE BURDEN OF $2
MILLION LOST
WITH NO FAN %
SITTING ON % STANDS IN THE
STANDS IN THE
GAMES, AND THEY %
WANT THE PLAYERS %
TO TAKE A 25% %
CUT FROM THE %
PRORATED SALARY, %
WHICH THE PLAYER %
SAID WE ARE NOT %
DOING THAT. %
YOU GUYS ARE %
SAYING RECORD %
PROFITS OVER THE %
LAST COUPLE OF %
YEARS. %
USE THOSE RECORD %
PROFITS TO EAT %
THE LOSS THAT %
YOU HAVE, AND %
WE’LL KEEP %
MOVING, WE’LL BE %
ABLE TO PLAY. %
YOU’VE SEEN SOME %
OF THE BIGGEST %
NAMES THAT HAVE %
SHOWN TO
CRITICALLY %
CRITICIZE THE %
MLB FOR HOW THEY %
ARE ACTING, SO
THEY’VE DONE A %
VERY TERRIBLE %
JOB OF MANAGING %
THE SITUATION, %
AND HOPEFULLY IT %
RESTS ON HIM TO %
BRING THESE %
SITES TOGETHER %
TO ALLOW %
BASEBALL TO %
HAPPEN.
I THINK %
COLLECTIVELY, %
EVERYONE IS %
GOING TO HAVE TO %
COME TO THE %
TABLE AND %
REALIZE YOU HAVE %
TO FIGURE OUT %
HOW TO NAVIGATE
AS POTENTIALLY %
OF HER OTHER %
LEAGUE IS GOING %
TO HAVE TO DO AS %