Posted on 07/25/2018 3:20:24 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones will not bend on his edict that his players will stand for the national anthem, but he wishes President Donald Trump would not bring the controversy up as often as he does.
"His interest in what we're doing is problematic, from my chair, and I would say in general the owners' chair," Jones said at Wednesday's news conference to open training camp in Oxnard, California. "It's unprecedented, if you really think about it. But like the very game itself, that's the way it is and we'll deal with it.
"We feel strongly about how we deal with it and we'll do so accordingly, but, yes, I, like everybody, would like for it to go away."
When the anthem issue reached a fervor last season, Jones spoke with President Trump on multiple occasions. The president has raised the issue multiple times this offseason and even recently, saying players should be suspended if they choose to take a knee.
At the spring owners' meetings, the NFL announced a new policy that would require players on the sideline to stand for the anthem. Players who do not want to stand could remain in the locker room. In the past, the policy stated players should stand but it was not required.
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NFL: Negros, Felons, and Liberals.
Americans don’t need the NFL and they are not wanted in or by the NFL.
These are entertainers.
They are disrespecting the symbol and anthem of our nation.
No one said anything about them violating the constitution.
Take a pill, pal.
The Constitution has nothing to do with what a bunch of overpaid thugs in a professional sports league do before a game.
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