The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Kaepernick’s reps: We’ve reached out to all NFL teams

- Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.)

It’s been three years since Colin Kaepernick put on an NFL jersey, and his agents want us to remember that.

Jeff Nailey and Jasmine Windham, who represent Kaepernick, released a document of stated facts about their client, who they say has not been offered an NFL contract since kneeling during the national anthem to protest police violence.

“There have been so many false narratives in the media regarding Colin, we believe it is important to set the record straight, again,” the statement opens. “Nothing below is up for interpreta­tion or debate, it’s the truth and nothing else.”

The document says they have reached out to all 32 teams throughout those three years, receiving “little to no response” about the potential of a team signing Kaepernick. Nailey and Windham specify Kaepernick has not made any salary demands to teams interested in signing him. Nailey writes: “In 25 years, I have never seen anything like it.”

Kaepernick’s ex-49ers teammate Eric Reid shared the document on Twitter. Reid kneeled alongside Kaepernick and joined him in a now-settled grievance that argued the NFL had colluded against them for their protest. Since the settlement, Reid has signed with the Carolina Panthers but remained an ally of Kaepernick’s.

Kaepernick’s agents also address why their client opted out of his deal with the 49ers, citing a conversati­on with general manager John Lynch in which Lynch told the quarterbac­k the team would cut him if he did not decline his player option.

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