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The NFL's workout for Colin Kaepernick stinks of nothing more than a PR stunt

COLIN KAEPERNICK will tomorrow get the opportunity to put on a workout in front of 32 NFL teams as he continues his attempt to find work in the league.

For the former San Francisco 49er, it is long overdue. This “chance” should have happened years ago but it didn’t.

His continued blacklisting from the NFL is a punishment for daring to speak out against racial inequality in the United States and the continued police brutality that people of colour receive.

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