Trump: Kap ought to get job ‘if he is ok’
President Donald Trump mentioned Friday that he would “love” to see Colin Kaepernick return to the NFL “if he is ok.”
The president was requested about Kaepernick throughout a gathering with the media exterior of the White Home. Kaepernick, who final performed for the San Francisco 49ers in 2016, posted a video to Twitter and Instagram on Wednesday displaying himself in a gymnasium and saying he’s “nonetheless prepared” after two-plus seasons out of the NFL.
Requested about Kaepernick’s return, President Trump mentioned: “Provided that he is ok. … If he was ok, they’d rent him. Why would not he play if he was ok.
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“I feel if he was ok, I do know the house owners, I do know Bob Kraft, I do know so most of the house owners, if he is ok, they’d signal him,” Trump mentioned. “So if he is ok, I do know these folks — they might signal him in a heartbeat. They may do something they’ll to win video games.
“Frankly, I would like to see Kaepernick are available, if he is ok. However I do not wish to see him are available as a result of any person thinks it is a good PR transfer. If he is ok, he can be in.”
Kaepernick drew nationwide consideration in 2016 when he sat, and later knelt, in the course of the nationwide anthem to protest racial injustice and police brutality in the US. Within the video launched Wednesday, he was present in a gymnasium exercising, saying “5 am, 5 days every week. For three years. Nonetheless prepared.” The clip began with a countdown saying he’d been “denied work for 889 days.”
In 2017, at a rally in Huntsville, Alabama, Trump criticized NFL gamers who protested in the course of the nationwide anthem, suggesting that staff house owners launch the gamers. He mentioned the protests have been “hurting the sport” and that followers who have been offended to stroll out of video games. Trump didn’t point out Kaepernick or some other NFL gamers by title on the rally, however earlier in 2017, he took credit score for the very fact Kaepernick had not been signed.
Kaepernick opted out of his contract with the 49ers between the 2016 and 2017 seasons and has not been signed since. In October 2017, Kaepernick filed a grievance towards the NFL beneath the collective bargaining settlement, alleging collusion towards signing him to a contract. Each his grievance and that of present Carolina Panthers security Eric Reid have been settled in February, with the Wall Avenue Journal reporting they might obtain lower than $10 million whole.