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Ex-NFL communications leader Joe Lockhart says a team should sign Colin Kaepernick immediately - USA TODAY
May 30, 2020 1 min, 4 secs

Former NFL communications VP Joe Lockhart wrote Saturday that a team should sign Colin Kaepernick now, adds that league pushed owners to sign him.

SportsPulse: Athletes took to social media to voice their anger over George Floyd's death, with many resurfacing photos of Colin Kaepernick's protest over criminal and social injustice.

A former top NFL executive believes a team should sign Colin Kaepernick immediately, given the unrest that has taken hold in the country amid protests against racial injustice and police brutality. .

Joe Lockhart, who served as NFL vice president for communications and government affairs from 2016-18, was part of commissioner Roger Goodell's team that dealt with the public relations fallout when Kaepernick began kneeling in protest during the pregame national anthem. .

"The commissioner and several other league executives spent a lot of effort prodding and pushing owners to sign him," Lockhart wrote in a CNN op-ed titled "Now is the moment to sign Colin Kaepernick" published early Saturday. .

"Send a strong message by offering Colin Kaepernick a contract to play with the Vikings," Lockhart wrote. "Bring him into camp, treat him like any of the other players given a chance to play the game they love

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