Ex-NFL exec: Vikings should do ‘right thing’ and sign Colin Kaepernick - New York Post

Joe Lockhart saw up close what happened to Colin Kaepernick, how owners refused to sign the talented quarterback because it could hurt business.

What better team than the Vikings, who play in a city where violent protests have broken out over Floyd’s death.

Lockhart’s plea comes on the heels of players in the past making accusations that Kaepernick was blackballed.

“No teams wanted to sign a player — even one as talented as Kaepernick — whom they saw as controversial, and, therefore, bad for business,” Lockhart wrote.

Lockhart said the NFL and the Vikings have a chance to rectify that error.

“The situation in Minnesota right now offers a unique opportunity to deal with the symbols of racial injustice,” Lockhart wrote.

“As a small, but important step, the owners of the Minnesota Vikings, Zygi and Mark Wilf, can send a strong message by offering Colin Kaepernick a contract to play with the Vikings.

Bring him into camp, treat him like any of the other players given a chance to play the game they love.

But it will recognize the problem that Kaepernick powerfully raised, and perhaps show that, with courage, real progress can be made.”?

And Lockhart said he thinks it can help the healing process

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