It’s quite possible the NFL had nothing to do with the shelving of ESPN’s long-planned docuseries about Colin Kaepernick.
It’s also quite possible that Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and unicorns exist.
When news broke that the NFL and ESPN were getting in bed together, with the league eventually owning 10% of the network, concerns immediately arose about the deal’s impact on ESPN’s journalistic independence. A media outlet being owned, even slightly, by an entity it covers. What could possibly go wrong!
Even NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’s promise to ESPN employees that the league wouldn’t interfere with the network’s journalism wasn’t enough to satisfy concerns.
Why? Because the league has shown over and over again that it can’t be trusted.
