Is that Jerry Jones joining in?
I thought he said he would sit players out if they dissed the flag, now he joins them?
Actually, he never said that.
To be fair to the Cowboys, the fact is they knelt united BEFORE the flag was even displayed, and before the first note of the anthem was played.
What I would have preferred was that the players then put their right hands on their hearts, their helmets under the left arms and respected the flag as they are supposed to under the league rule book.
All Cowboys then stood, however, in respect to the flag, in various states of respect. None knelt during the anthem.
Fox had a good segment on Bill Hemmer’s show about what the book says and what the players are doing, and the hypocrisy of it all this AM.
What was interesting is that the gesture did not stop the booing, which was LOUD.
Jerry Jones is smarter than this.
Oh, and some inside information:
Microsoft writes clauses into their ad contracts that the producers have to maintain minimum ratings before they can air the commercial. Failure to do so means not just losing the ad, but a refund of the original cost of the add with a penalty.
The NFL Monday Night Game, for the first time in history, could not make that mark and could not air the MSFT ads.
If you are wondering whether this is having an impact on owners and the league, it is.
What I cannot, for the life of me, understand is why the league is doubling down.
I thought the same thing. The media is nothing but lies.