Via Sports Illustrated:
“That was a business risk no team was willing to take, whether the owner was a Trump supporter or a bleeding-heart liberal (yes, those do exist). As bad of an image problem it presented for the league and the game, no owner was willing to put the business at risk over this issue,” said Lockhart, now a CNN legal analyst.
Lockhart went on to describe how he tried to justify Kaepernick’s unemployment by acknowledging the millions of dollars spent by the NFL to address racial division in the nation. However, he realized his perspective was wrong.
“Colin Kaepernick became the symbol of black men being treated differently than white men in America,” Lockhart said. “That symbol of racial injustice was reinforced every day that Colin sat on the outside of the football world. It may have seemed like a good business decision for the clubs to not sign him, and it certainly wasn’t illegal, but it was wrong.”
Lockhart ended his column by calling for change and suggesting the Vikings, who are located in the center of the controversy in Minnesota—offer Kaepernick a contract.
What happened to any news, even controversial news, is good for business? We don’t know why the Vikings have to be the team to sign him, but a team does need to sign him.
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