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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Encourages Teams to Sign Colin Kaepernick

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Encourages Teams to Sign Colin Kaepernick

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell encouraged teams to sign former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who hasn’t played during the past three seasons.

In 2016, Kaepernick knelt during the playing of the national anthem to protest against what he said is police brutality and racism.

鈥淚f he wants to resume his career in the NFL, then obviously it鈥檚 gonna take a team to make that decision. I welcome that, support a club making that decision and encourage them to do that,” Goodell told ESPN.

Last year, Goodell set up a tryout for Kaepernick, 32, in Atlanta for NFL team scouts to attend, although Kaepernick withdrew from the plan and worked out at another location. His representatives said that the NFL presented him with an unusual liability waiver, while claiming there was a lack of media access.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Encourages Teams to Sign Colin Kaepernick Colin Kaepernick looks on during the Colin Kaepernick NFL workout held at Charles R. Drew High School in Riverdale, Ga., on November 16, 2019. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

“We have invited him in before, and we want to make sure that everybody’s welcome at that table and trying to help us deal with some very complex, difficult issues that have been around for a long time,” Goodell added.聽“But I hope we’re at a point now where everybody’s committed to making long-term, sustainable change.”

Kaepernick and former 49ers teammate Eric Reid, who is currently a free agent, filed a lawsuit against the NFL and 32 team owners, alleging that they colluded to keep him from playing in the league. The two settled with the league and the owners in February 2019 for an undisclosed sum.

When Kaepernick kneeled for the anthem years ago, the reaction from fans was overwhelmingly negative, and many threatened to boycott the league. When more and more players mimicked Kaepernick, it drew the ire of President Donald Trump.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Monday told Hugh Hewitt that Trump, in the future, won’t be “upset with players kneeling during the national anthem.”

Following outrage, protests, and riots in the wake of George Floyd’s death, as well as the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, Goodell said the NFL was “wrong” for not listening to protesting players.

“Our players have been at the forefront in bringing attention to these issues, and really working to try and make a difference in the communities. We have been doing that over the last couple of years and I’m proud of the work we’re doing, but we all have more work to do,” Goodell said earlier this month, according to the NFL Network.

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Supreme Court Denies to Review Trump Admin’s Request to Strike California’s Sanctuary Law

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected to hear the Trump administration’s request to strike down several provisions of a California “sanctuary” law that limits the cooperation between state and local law enforcement and federal immigration agents. The Trump administration appealed to the high court after lower courts refused to enjoin several provisions of the California Values Act, or Senate Bill 54 (SB 54). The top court decision to deny the administration’s petition to review the case leaves in place a federal appeals court decision that upheld portions of the Californian law (pdf). The court did not provide any reasons for the denial but noted that Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito would have granted the petition for review. The administration had asked the courts to strike down SB 54 provisions (pdf) that prohibit state and local…