Kaepernick first filed a collusion grievance against the NFL in October '17GETTY IMAGES
The NFL is "about a month away" from proceedings beginning in Colin Kaepernick's collusion case against the league, according to Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports. La Canfora said the proceedings are "very likely to take place in Philadelphia," where arbitrator Stephen Burbank resides. La Canfora said the proceedings will be "fairly unprecedented," with the NFL "on the defense." La Canfora: "We're going to have [NFL Commissioner] Roger Goodell, we're going to have [Texans Owner] Bob McNair, we're going to have [Cowboys Owner] Jerry Jones called into this courtroom-like setting and having to answer cross examination from Kaepernick's legal team." With the proceedings set to begin shortly after Thanksgiving, this process will be "kicked off and it could last up to three weeks" ("That Other Pregame Show," CBS Sports Network, 10/28).
AT WHAT COST? YAHOO SPORTS' Jason Owens noted Panthers S Eric Reid yesterday "provided some clarity on what led to him having to be separated" from Eagles S Malcolm Jenkins prior to Panthers-Eagles last Sunday. Reid "described negotiations that took place between players and owners over kneeling during the national anthem," but his account of Jenkins' role in those negotiations "really pinpointed the source of his anger." Reid said, "Malcolm called and asked me if I would stop protesting -- 'be comfortable ending my demonstrations' were his words -- if the NFL made a donation to the Players Coalition. I tried not to blow a gasket and tell him no. Then he asked me, 'Well how much? How much will it take for you to stop?'" Reid also said that at one point during the negotiations with owners, McNair "brought up player protests as 'the elephant in the room'" and told players to "'make sure to tell your comrades to stop that protesting business' as a condition of the league offer of funds for the Players Coalition." For Reid, that was a "non-starter," and for Jenkins to have "accepted those terms in his eyes places Jenkins as the 'black figurehead' for the owners in a compromised cause" (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 10/28)
