Colin Kaepernick is being blackballed.
The Giants owner already said it. He said Owners are afraid to upset their racist fans. Goodell isn’t going to say he is being blackballed because he doesn’t want the league to get sued and the owners sign his checks.
“I don’t get involved in personnel decisions with the clubs,” he said during a dinner in front of hundreds of fans. “Those are decisions that the 32 clubs are going to have to make individually. They’re going to give whatever player they think can help them win that opportunity. And I think that’s what’s great about the NFL is that we’re a meritocracy, and you earn your opportunities and you get to keep your opportunities on the way you perform, ultimately. That’s what the NFL is about. I think that’s why fans love the game. People go out and they earn those opportunities, and it’s a competitive league, which is great for us.”
There have been 20 free agent QBs signed this offseason, you could make a case that Kaepernick is better than all 20.
I know Goodell isn’t this naïve and it would have taken some courage for him to tell the truth, but I am not surprised he didn’t.