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  April 8, 2023 5:59 AM EDT

  There are many people who believe is and apparently one of those people is Kaepernick himself, as the former quarterback, who has remained unemployed for months, is pursuing his options to file a grievance against the owners, CBS Sports NFL Insider Jason La Canfora reports.The obvious gist of this grievance would be that Kaepernick has been unemployed not because of his skillset, but because back in 2016 preseason in protest of racial inequalities that exist in America.Prominent criminal defense lawyer Mark Geragos, who is representing Kaepernick in grievance proceedings, has now i sued a statement:We can confirm that this morning we filed a grievance under the CBA on behalf of Colin Kaepernick. This was done only after pursuing every po sible avenue with all the NFL teams Luke Kennard Jersey and their executives.If the NFL (as well as all profe sional sports leagues) is to remain Ivica Zubac Jersey a meritocracy, then principled and peaceful political protest -- which the owners themselves made great theater imitating weeks ago -- should not be punished and athletes should not be denied employment based on partisan political provocation by the Executive Branch of our government. Such a precedent threatens all patriotic Americans and harkens back to our darkest days as a nation. Protecting all athletes from such collusive conduct is what compelled Mr. Kaepernick to file his grievance.Colin Kaepernick's goal has always been, and remains, to simply be treated fairly by the league he performed at the highest level for and return to the football playing field.The NFLPA also released a statement Sunday night:Our union has a duty to a sist Mr. Kaepernick as we do all players and we will support him.The NFLPA has been in regular contact with Mr. Kaepernick's representatives for the past year about his options and our union agreed to follow the direction of his advisors throughout that time.We first learned through media reports today that Mr. Kaepernick filed a grievance claiming collusion through our arbitration system and is represented by his own counsel. We learned that the NFL was informed of his intention to file this grievance before today.We are scheduling a call with his advisors for early this week.Players and . There were hundreds of players taking knees in the early weeks of the season, with things getting particularly heated after "fire" any "son of a b----" who doesn't stand for the anthem.Kaepernick opted out of his contract with the 49ers this past Amir Coffey Jersey offseason, but GM John Lynch later confirmed the team was planning on releasing him regardle s of the decision Kap made.It was believed, in a league where quarterbacks are the most important currency, that Kaepernick would find a job with some team. But he couldn't get a backup gig, much le s a starting gig.The signed , and drafted , the pursued but ended up drafting and the even dragged out of retirement.Backup quarterbacks around the league being Nicolas Batum Jersey signed led to Kaepernick supporters melting down -- when was signed by the people freaked out and they with the .The saw suffer an injury and promptly signed , .Kap has gotten some visits, but nothing panned out. The Seahawks , but ultimately pa sed after a workout. Pete Carroll said , not a backup. (Or behind .)The expre sed interest in him when suffered a preseason injury, but then things got awkward because management felt as if they needed to to sign Kaepernick. Owner Steve Bisciotti asked everyone to "pray for us." The Ravens ended up sticking with as their backup. They are, of why Kaepernick is not working for reasons other than football. It's difficult to imagine Kap being "blackballed" in the truest sense of the word -- Marcus Morris Sr. Jersey 32 NFL owners and teams are not conspiring to keep someone from working. But it is not unreasonable to believe that Kaepernick's decision to take a knee has cost him an opportunity to play football, which is likely the basis for his grievance.The grievance will likely garner a lot of support, but it may be irrelevant in .