The revitalized XFL was interested in having Colin Kaepernick restart his career with them when the league launched its season this past weekend. But the league’s interest didn’t last long.
Kaepernick’s “exorbitant” salary demands put a quick end to XFL’s pursuit of the ex-49ers quarterback, said commissioner Oliver Luck.
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“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 in an interview with NPR. “We have some pretty significant salary restrictions. We’re a start-up league, so we want to make sure that we can be fiscally responsible and fiscally prudent.