Panthers’ signing of Eric Reid doesn’t end blackballing




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Summary: Now that Eric Reid has signed with the Carolina Panthers, will those nuts who support the protesters finally be forced to admit that all the talk about players being blackballed from the NFL was hysterical, trumped-up baloney? Sorry. If anything, Reid’s signing highlights how political his long freeze-out really was, and how politics is keeping Colin Kaepernick unemployed. It’s still all political. Follow this: The only offers Reid got were from the 49ers and Panthers.