KAEPERNICK SUES FOR COLLUSION

[HairOfTheDog]

So, Charles Robinson, senior NFL reporter for Yahoo, has reported that months into the 2017 free agency the NFL used a DC consulting firm to ask Americans whether a specific unemployed player should have been signed by a team. Guess who the player was. This week the NFL declined to say why it needed that info. I recognize that's their right.

I think it's pretty safe to say they needed that info because there is a lawsuit.

The professional survey was conducted and the results were provided to the NFL six months prior to the lawsuit being filed. That's the potential problem for the NFL's collusion defense.

If it can be established that Goodell shared the survey results with owners and recommended that owners consider negative survey feedback before considering picking up Kaepernick, it could amount to 'collusion' under the collective bargaining agreement.