Posted on 10/08/2017 6:28:39 PM PDT by 11th_VA
ARLINGTON Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said any players in his organization who disrespect the flag during the national anthem will not play in games.
Jones is the first owner in the NFL to go on record about disciplining players who disrespect the flag during the national anthem. He didnt specify kneeling or raising fists in the arm or other gestures made by players around the league.
Jones made his strongest statements regarding the national anthem protests throughout the NFL after Sundays game against the Green Bay Packers.
If there is anything disrespecting the flag, then we will not play. Period, Jones said. Were going to respect the flag and Im going to create the perception of it.
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Ouch! That’s gotta hurt! don’t know the financial details of broadcast or advertising contracts.
Yep...Plus we know that Jerry J. is a classic "chicken choker".
HE NEVER KNELT DURING THE ANTHEM.
PRE-anthem
of it.
Perception?
There is only ONE WAY we STAND and put our hands over our HEARTS - no linking arms or any other "perception"
BS- He NEVER knelt during the anthem.
I care What these Thugs Think???
They are Ball Players.
The Entire NFL has turned
Into a Hate Festival!
Burn ...
Baby , Burn!
That photo was not taken during the playing of the National Anthem, but previous to the playing of that.
During the playing (or was it someone singing?) the Anthem itself, all stood.
We have our own here but I don’t bother them.
The league is going to hemorrhage billions of dollars.
You are not the USA’s NATIONAL Football League when you disrespect my service or anyone else.
This Country is under attack and these assholes don’t get it.
Fine NFL, you go away as well.
And the stunt looked like a skit from Blazing Saddles but that was funny versus Jerry stunt was moronic .
Fake news posters here...nobody knelt during anthem.
At least this is positive in nature.
Yes. Before the anthem. Then they all stood during the anthem.
Trying to conflate kneeling together before the anthem with kneeling during the anthem is ludicrous. The team can do whatever group therapy it wants to when it's not actively playing on the field or actively engaged in standing for the national anthem.
Let's maintain a sense of perspective here, and give Jerry Jones credit for:
That's rather definitive, whether anyone considers it tardy or not. Better late than never.
Make no mistake: this leadership—by a top-tier team owner—is going to have a profound effect on many other teams and players. Jerry Jones is speaking Truth to Power.
Do you understand that he politicized his team?
Is this what Karl Rove had in mind when he insisted that Trump was going to lose on this one? LMAO.
Harsh?
What did the president say that was "harsh"?
Scream all you want. Jerry and the Cowboys chose politics.
Watch this play out.
Too little too late, from now on, any attempts of showing “respect for the flag and nation” is a petty attempt at regaining revenue. Eff off NFL you lost a huge customer base, more than likely for forever.
Jerry can save the false bravado, when push come to shove he cut and run for haters of America and worse still joined them in their anti-American behavior. Pedal your BS with ESPN Jer, you know someone who might care.
In that case...
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