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Texans Players May Remove Team Logo From Helmets In Protest
AOL News ^ | Oct 29th 2017 8:21AM | Nic Parco

Posted on 10/29/2017 8:32:18 AM PDT by drewh

Texans players met late Saturday to discuss how to protest as a team against Houston’s owner Bob McNair over his controversial “inmates running the prison” comment.

“The players could decide to all kneel together, and also discussed peeling the Texans decal off of their helmets or raising their fists,” according to ESPN.

Whatever their demonstration winds up being, it won’t be revealed before the game against the Seahawks.

McNair apologized for his words multiple time this weekend, saying: “I am truly sorry to the players for how this has impacted them and the perception that it has created of me, which could not be further from the truth.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: bobmcnair; houstontexans; mcnair; nfl; texans
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To: drewh

I’m sure there are plenty of the pink knitted hats left over from the womens march these elite players could wear instead of team helmets.


81 posted on 10/29/2017 9:05:31 AM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: All

The more commonly used term is “inmates running the asylum”.
Had McNair used that term, there would be ABSOLUTELY NO DIFFERENCE in the reaction.
These protests are about hatred of white people.


82 posted on 10/29/2017 9:06:27 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: mindburglar

That was not apologizing
That was groveling


83 posted on 10/29/2017 9:06:50 AM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: drewh
Bring back the USFL!

(hey, at least a team from Michigan might be able allowed to win)

84 posted on 10/29/2017 9:08:51 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (FUMSM)
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To: drewh

I don’t know why people in these situations insist on these multiple apologies. The “offended” parties are never satisfied with that, the apologies are never accepted, because the “offense” becomes a propaganda weapon and a negotiating lever. If the apology is accepted the “offense” loses its value to the “offended.”

The left knows this. They never apologize for their actions, they merely apologize that their words or actions were misunderstood, or that they’re sorry that the offended parties were upset. Then they double down.

As for this asinine proposal by the players, aren’t there league rules about what can and cannot be done to the uniforms?


85 posted on 10/29/2017 9:11:20 AM PDT by clintonh8r (Whatever is good in me is thanks to my faith and my family.)
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To: drewh

And Trump wins again.


86 posted on 10/29/2017 9:11:34 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: dfwgator

Yeah - well maybe if they see the thugs acting up they might begin to think of something else. Okay, maybe after the game.


87 posted on 10/29/2017 9:11:52 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: originalbuckeye
Good advice. These players are replaceable. Scores of good player failed to make the draft.

Although vastly overpaid, the players realize they are nothing more than entertainers and irrelevant, producing nothing. Now in their pathetic attempts to appear relevant, they only reveal their deep contempt for a country that has been nothing but good to them, one that has pampered and rewarded them.

They will never love this country and cheer on those who insult it. What lack of gratitude.

88 posted on 10/29/2017 9:11:54 AM PDT by apocalypto
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To: drewh
McNair's comment was dumb - he made the remark in a private owners meeting, but he has to realize that everything in these meetings gets leaked. And the comment itself was just dumb - what point was he trying to make?

But once it got out there, McNair should never have apologized. He should instead have demanded an apology for the leaking of a comment he made in private that was never intended for public consumption.

Now the players are talking about not playing - they're under contract and would be in breach if they refuse to play. It's all going to end badly for the league and its players.
89 posted on 10/29/2017 9:11:55 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: drewh

There are plenty of white guys who have been screwed- undrafted, stuck in free agency, deep on depth charts and stuck on practice squads all because pf their skin color. They would be ecstatic at the chance to play. Cut these losers and put these guys in. The real injustice in the NFL is how non blacks are treated.. if they even make the NFL....or college teams!


90 posted on 10/29/2017 9:13:18 AM PDT by Phillyred
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To: dfwgator

Baseball has a lot of black and spanish players. No problem there.

And a LOT more spanish fans of baseball than football.

I think the black or more the problem than the spanish.

I think Bush II got a decent amount of their vote.

Even 22 percent of black MEN voted for Trump, or at least DIDN’T vote for hillary.

Maybe there’s some hope.


91 posted on 10/29/2017 9:13:42 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: mindburglar

He should have said, “Excuse me. My mistake. I should have said we can’t have the thugs runnin’ the hood.”


92 posted on 10/29/2017 9:14:05 AM PDT by Aloysius88 (I used to be the different drummer. Now I'm indifferent.)
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To: GOYAKLA

You can still be fined by the NFL if you wear the “wrong” gear. If anything, the league enforces these rules more strictly now than they did in the 1980s.


93 posted on 10/29/2017 9:16:26 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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To: drewh

The following is what I’ve been hearing from pretty much EVERY major league franchise.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0xRrUVVKigk


94 posted on 10/29/2017 9:17:17 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: drewh

If they peel off the Texans logos, that’ll piss off a lot of actual Texans.

They should go for it.


95 posted on 10/29/2017 9:18:11 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: ptsal

This past summer I visited my son in Houston and we visited the Texas Prison Museum in Huntsville. One of the most interesting museum I’ve ever been in. A display of the Houston Texans players and their prison records would be an great addition.


96 posted on 10/29/2017 9:18:46 AM PDT by Atlantan
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To: drewh

Remove the miscreant “” Players. Not just from the team for ! season but forever.


97 posted on 10/29/2017 9:19:20 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country)
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To: originalbuckeye

The owners are dumb. Why give their league over to a bunch of guys from the inner cities. Stupid handling of their business. The contracts are crazy. The players have the power it seems.


98 posted on 10/29/2017 9:22:43 AM PDT by Carry me back (Cut the feds by 90%)
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To: drewh

If I owned the team, removal of the team logo from a helmet would be the equivalent of a resignation letter. So mote it be.


99 posted on 10/29/2017 9:24:04 AM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: drewh

Fire them. Good luck flipping burgers ingrates.


100 posted on 10/29/2017 9:26:06 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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