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NFL’s Goodell On Kaepernick: ‘We’ve Moved On’ After He Skipped Workout

John Bickley
NFL’s Goodell On Kaepernick: ‘We’ve Moved On’ After He Skipped Workout
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At a league meeting on Wednesday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell addressed the lingering controversy still swirling around National Anthem-protesting former quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s decision to skip a special workout offered to him by the league last month. The NFL, said Goodell, has “moved on.”

“This was about creating an opportunity,” Goodell told reporters at the league meeting Wednesday, as reported by Reuters. “We created that opportunity. It was a unique opportunity, a credible opportunity and he chose not to take it. I understand that.”

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