Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is ready to take part throughout an in-game throwing exhibition on the College of Michigan soccer's spring sport this upcoming Saturday.
Angelique S. Chengelis of The Detroit Information first reported that Kaepernick can be competing within the halftime exhibition and Newsweek was capable of verify this reporting.
David Ablauf, the director of communications for the College of Michigan soccer workforce, advised Newsweek that Kaepernick will take part in a halftime occasion the place he can be throwing to "just a few undrafted free brokers/retired receivers." In keeping with Ablauf, the occasion is being sponsored by Michigan's Wolverine Towards Racism pupil group.
The information of Kaepernick taking part within the exhibition marks the quarterback's first in-game look since suing the NFL and ultimately reaching a settlement with the league. Kaepernick beforehand performed for the San Francisco 49ers and made headlines for kneeling throughout the nationwide anthem. Kaepernick turned a free agent at the beginning of the 2017 NFL season and accused the league of colluding towards him signing with a workforce.
In 2019, Kaepernick and former NFL security Eric Reid reached a settlement with the NFL following the lawsuit.
"For the previous a number of months, counsel for Mr. Kaepernick and Mr. Reid have engaged in an ongoing dialogue with representatives of the NFL," Kapernick's lawyer Mark Geragos and the NFL stated in a joint assertion in 2019, in accordance with ESPN. "Because of these discussions, the events have determined to resolve the pending grievances. The decision of this matter is topic to a confidentiality settlement so there can be no additional remark by any celebration."
Regardless of reaching a settlement with the NFL, Kaepernick has remained unsigned by any NFL workforce.
In November 2019, the NFL introduced that it will maintain an open exercise for Kaepernick the place he may carry out in entrance of all 32 groups, however the quarterback determined to change areas of the exercise simply hours earlier than it was scheduled to start out, leading to a number of groups not attending.
Along with taking part within the half-time exhibition, Kaepernick was additionally named the honorary captain for the College of Michigan's Maize and Blue Spring Recreation.
The College of Michigan Soccer Twitter account additionally posted photos of Kaepernick with the workforce's head coach Jim Harbaugh. Previous to turning into an NFL free agent, Kaepernick spent 4 seasons enjoying underneath Harbaugh, whereas he was the coach of the 49ers. Kaepernick led Harbaugh and the 49ers to the 2013 NFL Tremendous Bowl, the place they have been defeated by the Baltimore Ravens.
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