The NFL Players Association (NFLPA) is facing the biggest crisis in its 68-year history. Executive director Lloyd Howell Jr. and strategy chief JC Tretter recently stepped down, while a document has surfaced that reveals a federal investigation into the union’s finances. And Colin Kaepernick’s wife, Nessa Diab, feels it’s karma biting back.
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Nessa and Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, married recently. However, they were romantically linked since 2015. The couple were together through thick and thin, including the time when the NFL blackballed the QB for kneeling during the national anthem in 2016.
Nessa stood by him at the time. The union, on the other hand, didn’t offer much support, even though it exists to protect its players. The NFLPA didn’t take any legal action when it could have, and when Colin filed a collusion grievance, it didn’t initiate the case. Until, of course, things ended in a confidential settlement in 2019.
The NFLPA later claimed it supports Colin, but the lack of major pushback was very unexpected. So now, with the NFLPA under fire, Nessa is making her thoughts known.
Sharing a screengrab of an ESPN article that delves into the federal investigation, Nessa wrote, “Surprise Surprise Surprise … Just another day.”
“Like I said, no one helped [Kaepernick]. What’s the thing about tables again???” she sarcastically asked.
Nessa Diab, wife of Colin Kaepernick, slams the NFLPA pic.twitter.com/i5Q6qyoaBR
— Depressed Eagles Fan (@nfl_rocky) July 26, 2025
Nessa is evidently glad that the tables have turned. She also recently called out Jay‑Z, Roc Nation, and CEO Desiree Perez for running a “smear campaign” against Kaepernick.
She alleged that Roc Nation accepted “$5 million a year” over five years and helped undercut Kaepernick’s growing protest. Jay‑Z, on the other hand, joined forces with the NFL to restore its public image and allegedly “co-opted Colin’s protest.”
‼️‼️‼️@NICKIMINAJ exposing the smear campaign tactics that Jay-Z, Roc Nation, Desiree Perez did to her behind the scenes, is VERY similar to what I was told they did to @Kaepernick7 when Jay purposely co-opted Colin’s protest by siding with the NFL to help “their image”… pic.twitter.com/dvWVqRWosF
— NESSA (@nessnitty) July 16, 2025
It’s quite praiseworthy that Diab has stood firm in her husband’s support, although the road to Colin’s NFL comeback seems all but shut now. So, perhaps it’s no longer about a comeback, but about what’s right and what Kaepernick went through.
Their stance, however, is questioned by some because Colin agreed to the confidential settlement.
