"Kaepernick’s sacrifice is still meaningful
While there was no official ruling and the curtain wasn’t pulled back on the league’s owners, the settlement is a win for Kaepernick. A confidentiality agreement will protect the NFL,
but a potential nine-figure settlement strongly suggests the former 49ers pair had a case. This was a costly lesson for the league, and it should lead to change — even if that change doesn’t come with a public declaration.
Players like Reid, Albert Wilson, and Kenny Stills can feel more comfortable in their choice to kneel or raise a fist to bring awareness to issues of injustice. Teammates can join them, a little more secure in the idea they won’t waste years of their money-making primes in limbo while owners decide whether or not they can sign a player who might speak out. Now commissioner Roger Goodell and the owners know they can’t feign ignorance in a similar situation — and that’s a good thing for players and the NFL.
But Kaepernick may never play another down in the NFL, an unfair outcome and one he always knew was possible.
“If they take football away, my endorsements from me, I know that I stood up for what is right,” Kaepernick
said back in 2016 before his demonstrations became the argument everyone and no one was willing to have.
Kaepernick’s action brought attention to the causes he championed, from fighting hunger to founding
Know Your Rights Camp.
He’s been prolific with his charitable donations throughout his career. He spent most of 2017
donating $1 million to different causes, and that fails to cover the extent of his work helping others and the impact he’s had."
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