It was announced Friday that Colin Kaepernick’s case against the NFL came to a close in the form of a settlement, and we now have an estimate of just how much the disgraced former NFL QB and Eric Reed might have received as a result of the agreement.
Number NFL team officials are speculating to me is the NFL paid Kaepernick in the $60 to $80 million range.
— mike freeman (@mikefreemanNFL) February 15, 2019
The joint decision doesn’t necessarily mean an admission of guilt on the part of the NFL, but it’s definitely curious as the league originally took the case to another court to have it thrown out. Kaepernick and Reid of course won that.
And I don’t believe Kaepernick would have settled unless the money was Earth-shaking.
— mike freeman (@mikefreemanNFL) February 15, 2019
It’s likely the league was forced to pay the huge sum for the agreement of confidentiality to keep any details that might have alluded to collusion from league officials or team owners.
NFL likely is paying BIG money to keep secret any deposition transcripts, text messages, emails, etc. that may have shown an effort by the league office to discourage teams from signing Kaepernick.
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) February 15, 2019
Kaepernick now walks away from the league with more money than he would have likely ever made having been given a job.