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Kaepernick Workout Makes Headlines Amid More Controversy

Colin Kaepernick yesterday "threw passes for about 40 minutes on a high school field, then signed autographs for hundreds of fans," with reps from eight teams on hand for the "surreal scene." Kaepernick after the workout said, "We’re waiting for the 32 owners, the 32 teams, (Commissioner) Roger Goodell, all of them to stop running, to stop running from the truth, to stop running from the people.” Kaepernick's reps announced a change in venue "less than an hour before the start of the session." His team said that they "called the last-minute audible to let journalists watch and videotape the workout." The NFL had previously "declared the extraordinary workout would be closed to the media" (AP, 11/16).

The NFL said that it "agreed to a request made Friday night by Nike," with Kaepernick’s approval, to "shoot an ad mentioning the teams present" for the workout (WASHINGTON POST, 11/17). However, a Nike spokesperson said that the company "did not have a camera crew on the ground in Atlanta and had no plans to use footage from Kaepernick's workout." The spokesperson "wouldn’t say when, or whether, the ad would come out, but it seems Nike only wanted permission to use NFL team names" (TWITTER.com, 11/16).

As Kaepernick "proceeded to conduct the workout with video cameras and reporters present," the NFL "took off its gloves and made pointed remarks directly aimed at Kaepernick’s conduct surrounding the event" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 11/16). Goodell has been "speaking to many people" about Kaepernick getting a tryout, and some owners are "unhappy that the NFL has gone out of its way to help a player who accused them of collusion, cost them millions of dollars in legal fees, and ignited a controversy" (N.Y. TIMES, 11/16).

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