San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was placed on the B.C. Lions negotiation list in 2010.

After watching a glued-to-my-seat weekend of NFL playoff games — marveling, especially, at the made-for-CFL talents of the Seahawks’ Russell Wilson and 49ers’ Colin Kaepernick — I couldn’t help but recall that both young quarterbacks were once on the negotiation lists of CFL teams.

Negotiation lists are a secretive CFL practice whereby Canadian teams claim the rights to an ...

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