Tuesday 19 February 2019 10:05, UK
Colin Kaepernick's next step is getting back into the NFL after he successfully settled his collusion grievances with the league, his lawyer has said.
Attorney Mark Geragos told CNN that Kaepernick "absolutely wants to play" and made a pretty bold prediction about when that might happen.
"I think you're going to see within the next two weeks that somebody is going to step up and do the right thing, and you want me to predict who?"
"Besides the Panthers, it would not surprise me if Bob Kraft makes a move."
Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots, is among the founders of an organisation launched last month to seek criminal justice reform.
According to Yahoo Sports, the final hearing in the players' joint collusion case against the NFL was scheduled for later this month.
The report added that sources previously said Kaepernick would only withdraw his grievance for a lucrative settlement.
The NFL Players Association released a statement supporting the resolution.
Kaepernick filed his grievance in October 2017, alleging collusion by NFL owners to keep him out of the league, as he remained unsigned as a free agent through the fall after opting out of a contract with the San Francisco 49ers that spring.
A number of owners, executives, coaches and other figures have been deposed as part of the grievance, and a motion by the NFL to have the grievance dismissed was denied in August.
Reid, who was the first player to join Kaepernick in 2016 with the 49ers by kneeling during the national anthem in protest, filed his own collusion case against the NFL in May 2018. It appears the two grievances were combined into a joint case, but it's unclear when that occurred.
Reid became a free agent in March 2018 and remained unsigned until mid-September, when the Carolina Panthers brought him in after an injury to safety Da'Norris Searcy.
With his one-year deal expiring after the season, Reid signed a three-year extension for a reported $22m with Carolina last week.
The 31-year-old Kaepernick remains unsigned, having not played a game since the 2016 regular-season finale.
He led the 49ers to a Super Bowl XLVII appearance after the 2012 season.
Sky Sports coverage of the NFL will continue through the off-season as we track the player moves and the storylines in the build-up to the 100th year of the NFL - and we will have all three days of the NFL Draft covered in April.
