It’s not clear how or when this happened, but Colin Kaepernick‘s CFL rights have been transferred from one team to another. At one point, his rights were held by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Now, the Montreal Alouettes have dibs on him if he ever plays in the CFL, according to CBSSports.com’s Jason La Canfora (on Twitter). 
La Canfora adds the rather obvious caveat of “not that he’s going,” but were the 29-year-old quarterback be interested in a CFL path, it appears Montreal would be his destination.
This news comes after La Canfora reported Johnny Manziel has a legitimate path to the Tiger-Cats. So it appears a Manziel-to-Hamilton route has formed, while a Kaepernick-to-Montreal path seems much less likely.
ESPN.com’s Kevin Seifert reported in March the Tiger-Cats acquired Kaepernick’s rights, with both he and Robert Griffin III residing on the team’s exclusive negotiation list.
Kaepernick has been a free agent since he opted out of his 49ers contract; the team would have released him had he not done so. A visit with the Seahawks did not produce a contract, and not much has emerged on a Kaepernick NFL job since. Although, that subject’s produce plenty of ire, and protests, due to the number of less accomplished quarterbacks currently on teams’ rosters.
Sam Robinson contributed to this post.
I didnt know CFL teams even had rights. But if Kap goes there i feel like he will tear it up
Agreed
I don’t see that happening. As much as I support his “kneeling” stance, and more importantly the cause that brought it on, I think he’s arrogant. I think he’s FAR too self-righteous to go to the CFL. Bottom line he’s getting far more self fulfillment from being a martyr then actually playing football.
That’s exactly the problem. Coaches want players 100% committed to the game. Doing all these sideshows is not acceptable especially when you’re doing it during the game.