FORMER QUARTERBACK Colin Kaepernick has filed a collusion grievance against NFL owners.
Kaepernick has not been able to find another job in the NFL since opting out of his San Francisco 49ers contract earlier this year.
The 29-year-old has hired attorney Mark Geragos to assist him.
Kaepernick became a controversial figure last year when he became the first player to refuse to stand for the national anthem as a sign of protest against what he called racial injustice in the United States.
Many other players have since followed his lead, leading to fan protests and concern among owners and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell that the actions were hurting TV ratings and attendance.
The NFL players’ union said Sunday it will support Kaepernick but will have no role in the grievance. The union did not learn of it until it was reported in the media.
“Our union has a duty to assist Mr Kaepernick as we do all players and we will support him,” the statement said.
“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 advisers 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 advisers for early this week.”
Juventus ain’t no PSG. World class centre backs and plus they will have learnt from PSG’s mistakes
@Liverpool HQ: sure didn’t they say it was impossible last time
@Liverpool HQ: Boufon deserves that champions league
Hope juve see it through. Still though would be interesting to see Barcelona in the final without a second leg at the nou camp to save them
Barcelona will go through tomorrow. What is it about the Camp Nou and mid week Champions league games. Has a magic sense to it. Love it. Come on Barca.
We all know Chiellini is only talking about one shark in the barca team.
Can’t wait for the Oscar awards at full time
Only team scoring 5 here is juve,
The more desperate Barca will become as the match progresses the more space they will leave open in what is terrible defence.
Expect to see juve sit back for 60 mins , substitute on a bit of pace and finish them off
No way barca will do it again juve have are in the top 3 for defences in europe IMO
And with the referee you will probably score 6