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49ers Jed York on NFL protests, Kaepernick plight, 0-6 start

SANTA CLARA – These weren’t Jed York’s 15 minutes of blame. Instead, the 49ers CEO used that length of time Thursday for an impromptu media session to promote a unity-driven, optimistic agenda for his team, players and the NFL.

San Francisco 49ers head coach, Kyle Shanahan, left, and CEO Jed York, talk during the team’s training camp in Santa Clara, California on July 28, 2017. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)

York, 36, spoke passionately about several topics, only limiting his response when it came to ex-quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s unemployment status and collusion claim against the NFL.