Colin Kaepernick grievance set for trial after NFL dismissal request is denied

• Former quarterback says he has been blackballed by teams
• Kaepernick started wave of anthem protests over social injustice

Colin Kaepernick’s grievance against the NFL is set to go to trial after an arbitrator turned down what was effectively a request by the league for the case to be dismissed.

Kaepernick filed the grievance in October last year, claiming owners have colluded to keep him out of the league after he knelt during the national anthem to highlight racial injustice in the United States. Under the league’s Collective Bargaining Agreement teams and the NFL are forbidden from coming together to deprive a player of employment.

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