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Colin Kaepernick should consider Fan-Controlled Football League, Terrell Owens says
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Terrell Owens is enjoying aggressive soccer once more and he’s encouraging Colin Kaepernick to affix him.
Owens just lately determined to affix the Fan-Managed Soccer League, an unbiased skilled indoor soccer league based in 2017. The league featured Johnny Manziel and Josh Gordon final 12 months. Some workforce homeowners embrace ex-NFL star Marshawn Lynch, All-Professional Richard Sherman and musical acts Quavo and Steve Aoki.
Vast receiver Terrell Owens of the Dallas Cowboys celebrates a landing in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles at Texas Stadium on Sept. 15, 2008.
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With Kaepernick figuring out in entrance of NFL scouts, Owens stated the previous San Francisco 49ers quarterback might use the Fan-Managed Soccer League to hone in abilities.
“I really feel like he might are available and actually use this to actually sharpen his talent set,” Owens advised TMZ Sports activities on Thursday. “Particularly as a result of there’s some questions on him not enjoying for such a very long time.”
Owens stated his time in area soccer leagues helped him sharpen his personal abilities. He performed for the Allen Wranglers of the Indoor Soccer League in 2012.
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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick watches from the sidelines through the Dolphins sport in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Nov. 27. 2016.
Kaepernick has labored out for the Seattle Seahawks and most just lately at Michigan’s Professional Day, which normally highlights their crop of expertise heading into the NFL Draft. Jim Harbaugh gave Kaepernick the chance to throw and proclaimed to NFL groups that he might make them higher.
Kaepernick has had possibilities to affix professional soccer leagues aside from the NFL prior to now, the rebooted XFL included.
Then-XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck advised NPR in February 2020 earlier than the league began up and shut down over the coronavirus pandemic that the league and Kaepernick couldn’t come to an settlement on wage.
“We gave it some thought,” Luck stated. “We’ve got some fairly vital wage restrictions, . We’re a start-up league, so we wish to make it possible for we may be fiscally accountable and fiscally prudent. And the, , wage necessities that some of us, , shared with us have been in our case exorbitant, so we, , could not go down that path.”
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneels through the nationwide anthem earlier than the Dallas Cowboys sport on Oct. 2, 2016, in Santa Clara, California.
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He added: “We spoke together with his consultant and the wage necessities that have been broached in that dialog have been exorbitant and definitely out of our vary.”