Opinion: If Colin Kaepernick actually wants to play in NFL again, Saturday was a setback

(USAToday)

Nothing about the way Saturday unfolded should make you believe Colin Kaepernick will play in the NFL again. Not the way his opportunity to work out for NFL teams appeared out of thin air earlier this week, nor the way it fell apart Saturday afternoon amid dueling accusations and simmering acrimony.

As hastily and inexplicably as it was arranged, it could have been a chance for 20-plus NFL scouts to see Kaepernick throw — even if that’s all it was. Instead, it became another Nike commercial, another day for Kaepernick to bolster his credentials as a cultural icon, another day for him to embarrass NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

At a high school just south of Atlanta’s airport — and about 60 miles from where his original workout at the Atlanta Falcons’ facility was scheduled to take place — Kaepernick instead threw some footballs in front of just eight NFL scouts, a few dozen media members and about 200 fans lining the fence in what seemed like more of a spectacle than a real workout. Read more