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left-of-center2012

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Mon Feb 10, 2020, 06:51 PM Feb 2020

XFL commissioner: Kaepernick salary demands too high [View all]

Colin Kaepernick could have played in the reborn XFL, but his salary demands were too high, commissioner Oliver Luck said. “We gave it some thought,” Luck said in the interview, which aired over the weekend to coincide with the league’s debut. “We have some pretty significant salary restrictions, you know. We’re a start-up league, so we want to make sure that we can be fiscally responsible and fiscally prudent.”

“We spoke with his representative, and the salary requirements that were broached in that conversation were exorbitant and certainly out of our range,” Luck said. Fox Business reported that the average XFL player will earn about $55,000 for the 10-week regular season, but marquee players could make up to $500,000.

Luck didn’t name Kaepernick’s asking price, but Kaepernick reportedly told officials with the now-defunct Alliance of American Football last year that he wanted $20 million a season. Luck said “That was well over a year ago, so I don’t know what kind of shape, you know, Colin is in.”

https://www.reuters.com/article/football-xfl-luck-kaepernick-idUSKBN20429W?taid=5e41d84f0f91f60001a289f5

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Riiiight! Va Lefty Feb 2020 #1
$20 million when the others are getting $55,000 to $500,000 left-of-center2012 Feb 2020 #2
He doesn't have to play in the XFL at all JonLP24 Feb 2020 #6
Not really relating to this issue (the salary demand), but I did hear of a an XFL team here ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #3
Here you go left-of-center2012 Feb 2020 #4
Thanks! nt SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #11
He should have been playing in the NFL JonLP24 Feb 2020 #5
He cold have been playing in the NFL... Brother Buzz Feb 2020 #10
Asking $20 million ... left-of-center2012 Feb 2020 #7
He has more of a case for asking a higher salary than most XFL players JonLP24 Feb 2020 #8
okie dokie then left-of-center2012 Feb 2020 #9
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