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Colin Kaepernick Opts Out of Contract, Becomes a Free Agent
San Francisco 49ers. "Colin Kaepernick Opts Out of Contract, Becomes a Free Agent." March 3, 2017, https://www.49ers.com/news/colin-kaepernick-opts-out-of-contract-becomes-a-free-agent-18611631.
Why this matters here
The San Francisco 49ers’ March 3, 2017 release states that Colin Kaepernick opted out of his contract and became a free agent. The Game We Think We Saw takes that documented opt-out—and his subsequent unsigned status—as the factual ground of competing explanations: ordinary football evaluation versus institutional cost attached to protest. The club statement establishes the employment fact; the book asks how meaning contests attach to career outcomes.
