From my view, 31 year-old Colin Kaepernick scored a clear KO on Friday.
For the big, bad NFL to settle with ANYONE, is a clear and convincing victory for the person on the other side of the table.
We will likely never know how all of this played out behind the scenes because the settlement has a non-disclosure agreement attached to it. How much did the NFL pay him to go away?
It’s one thing to take a knee as Kapernick did in 2017, it’s another for him to settle with the League over collusion to employ him. Remember, we’ve watched lots and lots of quarterbacks roll through the NFL the last couple of seasons who hadn’t accoomplished anything close to what Kaepernick did on the field. 
Just look at what the Cardinals did at quarterback with Carson Palmer in his final season and last year. You think a Super Bowl quarterback like Kaepernick wouldn’t have given Arizona a better chance at winning games? 58 NFL starts and playing in the title game doesn’t lie.
The NFL wrote a check for Kaepernick to go away. They didn’t want their owners sitting in a room trying to explain why he couldn’t get a job.
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Media personality Brad Cesmat first rose to fame in Southern California with the launching of "The Mighty 690" all-sports radio station in the late 1980's and early 90's. Brad came to Arizona in 1993 to begin a 10-year run at KTAR Radio followed by nine years at KTVK-TV in Phoenix. Brad is the Founder/ CEO of Sports360AZ.com. His vision of multi platform content marketing through sports began in September of 2011. Cesmat has served on the Advisory Board for the Salvation Army for the last 18 years. He and his wife Chris have four children.