the numbers must REALLY be starting to bite.
Posted on 10/09/2017 6:26:46 PM PDT by Kaslin
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Sunday any player who disrespects the flag will not play.
Jones’ comments, the strongest made on the anthem controversy, came after he was asked about Vice President Mike Pence leaving the game in Indianapolis early after several San Francisco 49ers players took a knee during the national anthem.
"I know this, we cannot ... in the NFL in any way give the implication that we tolerate disrespecting the flag," he said following the Cowboys’ 35-31 loss to the Green Bay Packers. "We know that there is a serious debate in this country about those issues, but there is no question in my mind that the National Football League and the Dallas Cowboys are going to stand up for the flag. So we're clear."
Jones and the rest of the team kneeled arm-in-arm before the national anthem before a game against the Arizona Cardinals two weeks ago, days after President Trump reignited the anthem-protest controversy.
Dallas players have stood on the sideline, many with hands over their hearts, during the anthem ever since former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick started kneeling last season in protest of what he believed were instances of racial injustice in the U.S.
Jones said showing respect for the flag and the anthem is more important to him than any potential issues of team unity.
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It’s far too late for that.
Enjoy your bankruptcy, NFL a-holes.
That picture is not going to be forgotten.
It is to late....if the NFL said all players will stand...or be fired.It might make a difference....The hard core fans might return....the others not likely...go see good high school football...
the numbers must REALLY be starting to bite.
TFL, Jonesie
Now go back to cheating on your wife
cant believe he got suckered into doing this....that pic will live on forever...what a dumbass
he obviously hasn't thought this one all the way through...
I dunno...two guys I know who both swore off NFL are taping the games and watching the ending anyway. Maybe they aren’t hardcore enough.
As a businessman, i think he realized he made a huge mistake. He knelt because he wanted to keep his players (now he realizes he might lose his business.) Rep. Matt Gaetz (R) Florida is introducing legislation to take away their tax breaks. Others are crying to take away their antitrust exemption. Last year, their tax break (which you paid for) was 6.5 billion. Why? Let’s prove to these people that they work for us as entertainers - not politicians. People go to games to escape that crap. Jones realized (probably too late), that he screwed the pooch. The players are athletes, paid for their performance. If they want a stage, they should go buy their own damn stage.
Yes, one cannot "unring" a bell, can one?
Jerry Jones is Cindy Sheehan in a baby blue sportcoat and high heeled booties.
There is no (NO) return from kneeling at (or before) our very fine Anthem.
The founders would be proud. They gave up limbs, children, estates, fortunes that were never paid back, years immense suffering and in many cases their lives.
American scum today cannot even give up football games.
Pathetic, weak....
I cannot call them little girls. My girls are mentally stronger than most men.
I cannot call them dogs - I wouldn’t want to insult dogs.
Scum.
...eyep...betcha a few tons of $8 hot dogs got tossed Sunday
I hope he also said “without pay”.
Nothing like shutting the barn door after the pigs get loose.
Sorry little Yerry.
Grabbed ahold of the ears of a dog,and cant just let go huh?
Stand, sit,kneel,lock arms,lips,play,dont play,we DGaF for your “Jerrymandering” anymore
Damn right, Jerry Jones you spineless piece of scheiss.
100%
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