Kaepernick's Lawyer Insults his own client

What other things do you follow that have no impact on your life? Do you ever place two bananas onto the counter, then take a bet with yourself on which one turns brown first? Or is watching football the only thing you do to waste time in your boring life? At least the bananas are a lot cheaper than a cable bill.

comedyrelief wrote:

Tells TMZ if Al Davis were alive, the Raiders would have signed him. Is there any worse insult of a football player considering the players Al Davis signed in the years preceding his death? He set the Raiders back 10 years trying to win one more Super Bowl.

u/comedyrelief reads thing on TMZ - first thought "oh shiiiitt, better post this on Letsrun"

theoniongoat wrote:

What other things do you follow that have no impact on your life? Do you ever place two bananas onto the counter, then take a bet with yourself on which one turns brown first? Or is watching football the only thing you do to waste time in your boring life? At least the bananas are a lot cheaper than a cable bill.

So you're here only to talk about your own running?

comedyrelief wrote:

Tells TMZ if Al Davis were alive, the Raiders would have signed him. Is there any worse insult of a football player considering the players Al Davis signed in the years preceding his death? He set the Raiders back 10 years trying to win one more Super Bowl.

The reason he said that is because in the 70's and 80's Davis had a reputation of taking players that, because of behavior issues, other teams didn't want. Many of them played well resulting in some great Raiders teams.

Eric Reid signed by the Panthers. Kaepernick goes home DEVASTATED! All it takes is a desperate enough team. Their problem is they think they can get a market value contract when they have decreased their market value through their own actions. I would hate to be their agent.

comedyrelief wrote:

Eric Reid signed by the Panthers. Kaepernick goes home DEVASTATED! All it takes is a desperate enough team. Their problem is they think they can get a market value contract when they have decreased their market value through their own actions. I would hate to be their agent.

We've been over this enough times, but Kaepernick tipped his hand by refusing to sign any deal for backup money. If he were really interested in playing football rather than making political statements he would have done whatever he could to stay in the league. At this point he hasn't played in so long (and it's been even longer since he really played effectively) that it's hard to believe he could come back.

There is no evidence he was offered a deal for backup money, or for any money at all. Except for that Denver thing, where they wanted him to give up an already signed and guaranteed deal a year before he hit free agency.

he's long past relevant wrote:

We've been over this enough times, but Kaepernick tipped his hand by refusing to sign any deal for backup money. If he were really interested in playing football rather than making political statements he would have done whatever he could to stay in the league. At this point he hasn't played in so long (and it's been even longer since he really played effectively) that it's hard to believe he could come back.

I'm sure there is a market for Kaepernick out there, it is just not at the market price that his skills / experience would normally command. When you offend the fan base by whatever means, you decrease your market value. Let this sink in. Reid is on a one year contract that puts him at around the 70th player in terms of safety salaries, when he is arguably a top 10-20 talent at his position. You set your own market value, and as good as you might be on the field, if you intentionally offend a large portion of your customer base, you will not make as much money.