The National Football league had things et up in place that would be ‘private’….
THAT wasn’t what the ex-NFL football Quarterback wanted…
So?
Things where pushed back an hour and moved to a local High School field miles away from the hand picked NFL location where media was free to attend…
Kaepernick was set to work out at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday in front of personnel from 24 NFL teams at the Falcons’ training facility in Flowery Branch, Ga. However, 30 minutes before the event was set to start, his representatives said the event was being moved to Charles Drew High School in Riverdale, which is located over an hour away from the Falcons’ facility.
Kaepernick’s representatives said they moved the workout because the NFL denied media access and his request to have an independent film crew “there to ensure transparency.”
The NFL released a statement later in the day saying it didn’t hear until Saturday that Kaepernick wanted media in attendance. The league also added that it approved his request to bring his own receivers and have Nike film an ad at the workout.
According to ESPN’s Howard Bryant, the NFL told Kapernick’s team ahead of the workout that there would be no media access and it was unclear who his receivers would be. The quarterback was “uncomfortable” with this and flew in receivers at his own expense. When the NFL reportedly suggested Kaepernick’s team couldn’t film anything, his camp worried about the league being the only one with access to the footage.
@JourdanRodrigue
Kaepernick thanks scouts from Washington, New York Jets and Kansas City and says: “When you go back, tell your owners to stop being scared.”
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Update…
Jay-Z pressured the NFL into hastily putting the workout together in order to repair his own public image, according to Dan Patrick — Jay-Z said he “took a reputational bullet” after signing a deal with the NFL to help with social justice efforts, per Patrick’s reporting….