For roughly 16 months, Colin Kaepernick’s legal team at Geragos & Geragos went toe to toe with the NFL in a grievance process that remains completely shrouded to this day. Discovery was performed. High-ranking depositions were recorded. Arbitration hearings were convened.
Finally, it ended in a settlement agreement in February of 2019. Three years later, everything dug up in that process remains eternally locked away under a confidentiality agreement struck between the league and Kaepernick.
Few disputes better illustrate why the NFL is expected to seek to move a class-action lawsuit filed by ex-Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores out of the Manhattan federal court system and into the league’s arbitration process.