Colin Kaepernick had a job and opted out of a $14.5m player option. Most athletes in his position would've taken the option and forced the Niners to buy them out. That way, if the player signs elsewhere, they get 2 checks for the season. Whenever someone writes an article to defend Kaep and directly/indirectly call NFL owners 'racist', they always conveniently leave the part out where he walked away from guaranteed money.