The 49ers have to pay Kaepernick regardless if he is on the team or not.
Instead of just letting him loose to find a better situation for himself, they may do what the Redskins did to RG3 and just deactivate him for the entire season.
Mentioned last week a realistic shot Niners put Colin Kaepernick on ice for the year, a la RG3, to protect against '17 injury guarantee …
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) August 29, 2016
By not activating him, they wouldn’t have to worry about a camera being on him during the National Anthem. This would be one way of silencing him, making sure he can’t play for another team and guarantee he doesn’t get an injury that would make his 2017 salary guaranteed.
Whatever the case a decision will have to be made soon.