Google Can't Seem to Tolerate Diversity

Re:Google Can't Seem to Tolerate Diversity by joelrunyon on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @04:43PM (#14962447)

Colin wasn't fired.

He opted out of his contract - making himself a free agent.

http://www.49ers.com/news/article-2/Colin-Kaepernick-Opts-Ou...

This is like quitting your job and complaining you don't have a job.

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Re:Google Can't Seem to Tolerate Diversity by twentythree on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @08:17PM (#14964327)

That's not a fair comparison; Kaepernick would have been cut had he not opted out.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/05/31/john-lynch-4...

"We gave him the option, ‘You can opt out, we can release you, whatever.’ And he chose to opt out, but that was just a formality."

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Re:Google Can't Seem to Tolerate Diversity by joelrunyon on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @11:46PM (#14965382)

I think it's more complicated than that. They didn't get along - evidenced by the fact he gave up almost $15M in guarantees to opt-out.

https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2017/3/1/14599712/colin-kaepern...

There's a lot of other issues here - it's unfair to say he got "fired" because of what he did last year. He's been very bad lately - huge dropoff since he went to the SuperBowl.

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