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Cowboys Owner Makes an Anthem Stand: ‘If We Are Disrespecting the Flag, Then We Won’t Play. Period’
Breitbart ^ | 8 Oct 2017 | Dylan Gwinn

Posted on 10/08/2017 7:54:08 PM PDT by conservative98

Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones has had it with anthem protests. Just how tired of it is he? Tired enough that Jones has now publicly said that if his team doesn’t respect the flag, they’re not going to play.

Jones was asked by Brandon George of the Dallas Morning News, about two Cowboys players who raised their fists at the end of the anthem. Jones said he did not see the raised fists. But then, Jones made a definitive statement about how he wants to see his team to handle the anthem from now on.

According to Pro Football Talk, Jones said, “If there’s anything that is disrespectful to the flag, then we will not play. OK? Understand? If we are disrespecting the flag, then we won’t play. Period. Period.”

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: cowboys; dallas; dallascowboys; flag; jones; nationalanthem; nfhell; nfl; nofansleft; pence; sports; takeaknee; trump; twofacejones
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To: conservative98

We’ll believe it when we see people (plural) getting fired. Until then, it’s just hot air.


61 posted on 10/08/2017 9:15:29 PM PDT by EliRoom8
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To: piytar

I question my friends who still watch these wealthy ingrates who apparently hate their fans. Some have also stopped watching these fools .


62 posted on 10/08/2017 9:15:48 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: conservative98

Lot’s of negative comments on this thread. Deserved comments. But don’t let this moment pass without realizing this is what it’s like to WIN. With Trump we are beginning to see victories. It’s been so long. Savor it. More to come! MAGA


63 posted on 10/08/2017 9:16:08 PM PDT by weston (SO HERE'S THE STORY: As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing!)
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To: gaijin

He wears powder blue? Twink.


64 posted on 10/08/2017 9:16:22 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (A person's greatest strength is his greatest weakness.)
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To: conservative98

[Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones has had it with anthem protests.]

TEXANESE for I’m losing my shirt over the DUMB STUNT I did.


65 posted on 10/08/2017 9:22:51 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: weston

Good post.


66 posted on 10/08/2017 9:23:39 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: LeeClementineKenny

You said it!

All things START at the beginning, and this behavior has only accelerated, ever since Colin showed his cops/pigs socks!

Leftists own the NFL, and the teams are stuffed full of BLM wannabees.

How the Cowboys justify first whining for the loss of their FIVE DEAD COPS in downtown Dallas, shot down in a BLM Protest, and then turn around and take a knee for BLM, I’m sure I don’t know. Morally sickening to see the hypocrisy.


67 posted on 10/08/2017 9:25:22 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: LeeClementineKenny

You said it!

All things START at the beginning, and this behavior has only accelerated, ever since Colin showed his cops/pigs socks!

Leftists own the NFL, and the teams are stuffed full of BLM wannabees.

How the Cowboys justify first whining for the loss of their FIVE DEAD COPS in downtown Dallas, shot down in a BLM Protest, and then turn around and take a knee for BLM, I’m sure I don’t know. Morally sickening to see the hypocrisy.


68 posted on 10/08/2017 9:25:28 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: Impy; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale; KC_Lion

Sheriff Jerruh’s on da job...again.


69 posted on 10/08/2017 9:26:20 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: missthethunder

Could you imagine an entire stadium shouting that out at either a college football game or NHL match.


70 posted on 10/08/2017 9:30:31 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools. Go Trump!)
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To: RitaOK

That’s worth repeating...

How the Cowboys justify first whining for the loss of their FIVE DEAD COPS in downtown Dallas, shot down in a BLM Protest, and then turn around and take a knee for BLM, I’m sure I don’t know. Morally sickening to see the hypocrisy.


71 posted on 10/08/2017 9:32:55 PM PDT by missthethunder
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To: dfwgator; GOPsterinMA

That phrase is overused but seems to fit Jones to a t.

Does he think we’ve forgotten what he did 2 weeks ago?


72 posted on 10/08/2017 9:33:36 PM PDT by Impy (The democrat party is the enemy of your family and civilization itself, forget that at your peril.)
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To: weston

To me, the NFL is just the beginning of taking down the entire entertainment complex in this country. It will extend to all things Hollywood and the news media. I pretty much dropped out on those things years ago.


73 posted on 10/08/2017 9:33:58 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Impy

The whole Anthem thing is just a symptom of the bigger problem. Like coddling thugs like Ezekiel Elliott.


74 posted on 10/08/2017 9:34:44 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: conservative98

Hope he means it


75 posted on 10/08/2017 9:43:45 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Impy
Does [Jerry Jones] think we’ve forgotten what he did 2 weeks ago?

What he didnt do 2 weeks ago was kneel for the anthem—nor did any Dallas Cowboys players. Nor has a single Dallas Cowboy player knelt for the anthem in the 2 years since this silliness started.

What Jones did do 2 weeks ago is kneel with all of his players before the anthem. In other words, he didn't do a damn thing to disrespect the flag.

But hey, who needs actual facts when there's a rigid, oversimplified narrative to push—one which conflates the behavior of all NFL teams. The fact is, what the Dallas Cowboys did was qualitatively different than any team which allowed disrespect for the anthem and the flag.

Kneeling before or after the anthem is about as empty a statement as anyone could make...

76 posted on 10/08/2017 9:45:07 PM PDT by sargon ("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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To: Impy; dfwgator

(((Muh Jerruh))), Krafty Bob and the rest of the Billionaire Boys can all GFY. And take their sock puppet of a commissioner with them.

OTOH, the NHL season started. I very highly doubt they’ll be any bullsh*t “protests” occurring in that league. Gee, I (don’t) wonder why...


77 posted on 10/08/2017 9:46:46 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: conservative98; BlessedBeGod; TexasFreeper2009; dfwgator; CatOwner; LouAvul; missthethunder; ...
I apologize if this is an unwanted post to you...

CBS apparently made up the story about Kaepernick would stand if he becomes a player again.

Apparently, not only are ticket sales hurting but DOLLARS for the companies broadcasting the games are LOSING BIG BUCKS.

CBS had to quickly retract the story. Colin Kaepernick claimed he was never asked about that in the interview.

Sounds like CBS was trying to do something to stop the FATAL BLEEDING over this.

Finally, the companies that own ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC are committed to pay the NFL a fixed amount -- no matter what -- even if people stop viewing the games. No skin off the NFL's nose.

Jerry Jones saying what he did may be an affirmation of this.

78 posted on 10/08/2017 9:47:08 PM PDT by topher (Traditional values -- especially family values -- which have been proven over time.)
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To: sargon

He’s trying to have it both ways.


79 posted on 10/08/2017 9:51:08 PM PDT by Impy (The democrat party is the enemy of your family and civilization itself, forget that at your peril.)
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I apologize if this is an unwanted post to you... CBS apparently made up the story about Kaepernick would stand if he becomes a player again. Apparently, not only are ticket sales hurting but DOLLARS for the companies broadcasting the games are LOSING BIG BUCKS. CBS had to quickly retract the story. Colin Kaepernick claimed he was never asked about that in the interview. Sounds like CBS was trying to do something to stop the FATAL BLEEDING over this. Finally, the companies that own ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC are committed to pay the NFL a fixed amount -- no matter what -- even if people stop viewing the games. No skin off the NFL's nose. Jerry Jones saying what he did may be an affirmation of this.
80 posted on 10/08/2017 9:53:24 PM PDT by topher (Traditional values -- especially family values -- which have been proven over time.)
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