We keep waiting (and waiting) for Colin Kaepernick to be in the news again for the one right reason left: Because an NFL team — just one — was brave enough and smart enough to sign him.
Instead he is in the news for ancillary reasons that only help explain why his blackballing enters its third year, its stain on the league and on commissioner Roger Goodell becoming indelible by degrees.
Friday, Kaepernick reached an undisclosed settlement with the NFL over his collusion grievance against the league. It was not unexpected. Kaepernick knew how difficult collusion is to legally prove, while the league wanted to avoid having Goodell and several team owners deposed and having their cell phone records and emails examined.