Colin Kaepernick to work out for Las Vegas Raiders this week, sources say
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(1:28)Colin Kaepernick, who last played professional football in 2016 -- the year he started kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice -- is scheduled to work out Wednesday for the Las Vegas Raiders, league sources told ESPN.It will mark Kaepernick's first workout with an NFL team since being exiled, and it will be the first time the former star quarterback visits with a team since he flew to Seattle to meet with the Seattle Seahawks in May 2017 before they passed on the opportunity to sign him.Kaepernick played at the University of Nevada, Reno, the only school to offer him a scholarship. That's never come out that I've been an issue for the people I've played with."Kaepernick also said in the interview that today's NFL should be more "in alignment" with his social views, given the league's stance on other matters pertaining to race relations in the U.S."You have 'End Racism' in the back of your end zone.
As said here by Adam SchefterESPN Senior Writer