I'm listening to this Kaep argument and Joe is 100% contradicting himself. He's been saying for years to know your worth. He talked about with his podcast not accepting bullshyt sponsorship deals and knowing that the podcast was worth more and not accepting a penny less. Now in this Kaep situation basically saying just take whatever is offered and lower what you believe you're worth.
EDIT: I see this was actually brought up and Joe's reply was "I thought I could get more money" lol. Obviously Kaep's team thinks the same so why are they in the wrong.
Bruh. That Kaepernick talk was fukking INSANE. It was completely contradictory, and incredibly misinformed.
He's spent years talking about knowing your worth, to the point where he literally said on his show that he can't respect people who create and hold a regular ass job because they aren't dedicating themselves to their true potential. Then he gets mad when Kaepernick ALLEGEDLY (that's important, I'll come back to it) wants to get paid like a starting NFL Quarterback when he knows that's his true market value.
But there are plenty of considerable reasons why he, or anyone else in that position would reject a XFL deal.
First off, they make it a requirement that players are present and standing for the anthem. That's already a major deal breaker.
They legit don't have the budget to pay him anywhere close to his actual value. The salary info out there states that star players could make UP TO 500,000 a year. The NFL veteran minimum is more than that.
As soon as he takes that deal, it completely kills any remaining leverage he would have with a NFL team, since he would've effectively reset his own market by taking such a small deal. That's one of the key points. Even if you KNOW you're interested in an offer, if the money is well below your market/asking price, you have to decline for the sake of not damaging your market value. This is flat out basic negotiation, which someone as industry savvy as Joe presents himself to be should understand.
But the biggest reason this is stupid is that we're going off the word of the XFL to believe that his asking price was "exorbitant". First off, Vince McMahon owns the XFL. He has a famously close relationship with Trump. He's not actually interested in giving Kaepernick a platform. Secondly, they're the party that initiated the negotiations. Assuming they were actually good faith negotiations, this is a classic case of attempting to use manipulation of public opinion and the media as a bartering tool. It's like a breh trying to approach a woman, getting shot down, and then telling her she was ugly anyway.