Then, to nearly everyone’s surprise, Jay-Z teamed up with the N.F.L. At a news conference with Goodell a day after their partnership was announced, Jay-Z was peppered with questions about what appeared to be an about-face. “I think we have moved past kneeling,” Jay-Z said when asked a hypothetical question about whether he would kneel during the anthem if he were an athlete. By helping Kaepernick get a tryout with the N.F.L., Jay-Z is hoping to help resolve the contentious issues surrounding the quarterback’s absence from the league, according to a person with knowledge of the entertainer’s thinking. players, said he had been talking to Goodell for two years about setting up a workout for Kaepernick.

Source: New York Times November 16, 2019 00:33 UTC