The Jonses are full of shit. The NFLPA will protect the players’ rights on this one and the league and individual teams that pursue their own “policy” will be promptly sued out the Wazoo, and rightfully so. Plus, if Dallas cuts players for not participating in the ritual, the Dallas Cowboys will lose out on players that had made the team and will have to start calling people up from their practice squad, thus cementing the team to a drastic fall talent-wise. I call “bullshit” on this one.
The Jonses are full of shit. The NFLPA will protect the players’ rights on this one and the league and individual teams that pursue their own “policy” will be promptly sued out the Wazoo, and rightfully so. Plus, if Dallas cuts players for not participating in the ritual, the Dallas Cowboys will lose out on players that had made the team and will have to start calling people up from their practice squad, thus cementing the team to a drastic fall talent-wise. I call “bullshit” on this one.
If you read it closely, Frank, you would have understood. What both Jones have said is, "if you're on the sideline, in uniform (OUR team's uniform), you will stand". Nowhere did they say a player couldn't stay in the lockerroom during the playing of the national anthem. Players aren't the only ones with rights. If the owner of a team wants to issue a policy, to include the penalty for failing to follow that policy, they have every right to enact that policy.
I wonder how a judge would react in the lawsuit brought against Jerry Jones/Cowboys...if Jerry Jones himself sat at the defense table and when the bailiff says, all rise for the judge to enter, Jerry promptly removes himself from his chair and sits in the floor with his feet and arms crossed until the judge and everyone else sits...then gets up and sits in his chair. I'm sure he would be brought up on contempt charges, how is that any different than the situation with the league? If the team has rules(procedures to follow), the courts should uphold those rules. Same as if the court has rules (procedures).
They got plenty of money 'up their wazoos' too. I like the idea of all party's involved working together. If players want action in their fields of endeavor's, it must go both ways. Teams and owners call the shots on the on-field antics and the players may get the necessary funds/attention and venues to raise their voices on their particular gripes, on their own stage, not the gameday and the National Anthem. I still cant see why this is an issue to begin with. No player on my team would ever have the right to publicly protest during the National Anthem, period. Theirs a time and place for all things... including the NA.
Ive read that also. Just cant find it again, but he did say that being in the locker room was not an option.
I was going off of the specific article posted by Will. If the senior Jones said something different, I would appreciate a link.
"Our policy is that you stand at the anthem, toe on the line," said Jones when asked if he would support a player staying in the locker room during the anthem. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap30...y-jones-cowboys-players-must-stand-for-anthem
Thanks for the link. I still maintain that he owns the team and, because of that, he has the right to implement policy for that team. Unless and until the league grows a set of balls and puts out a policy league wide, Jones has every right to implement his own policy.
Jerry can kneel whenever he wants during the anthem... but the players cannot. Got it. This is pure politics. Fuck the national anthem and the flag. They are nothing more than symbols that only carry the weight of the beholder. If the players were kneeling for “dead white babies” or if Tom Brady started kneeling, everyone would suddenly be too busy sipping on their frappa-shut-the-fuck-up-cinos.
Malcolm Jenkins: Jerry Jones is a “bully” for anthem stance Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins made clear his problems with the NFL’s now-shelved national anthem policy, and now he’s expressed his feelings about the guy who wants to make obedience a condition of employment. According to Zack Rosenblatt of NJ.com, Jenkins said he’s always felt supported by Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, and clearly doesn’t feel players are as respected in Dallas. “Jeffrey’s been very supportive of us from the beginning,” Jenkins said. “I don’t see Jeffrey as a bully like Jerry Jones is. Lucky for me, I don’t play for the Cowboys, nor would I want to. “It’s unfortunate that you have owners like him that use his position to intimidate and intentionally thwart even the idea of his players thinking individually or having a voice about issue that effect their communities daily. It’s unfortunate.” Jones has made it clear he expects all Cowboys players to stand, even though the league has hit pause on any anthem policy while they actually consult with players on coming up with a new one. But Jenkins said the old policy was flawed from the beginning, since it was intended to pacify President Donald Trump. “They’re afraid of our president I think they’re afraid of half of our fan base so they try to appease both sides and they end up not satisfying anybody,” Jenkins said. “They know more than anybody that it’s not about the flag, it’s not about the anthem. They’ve been right along with us. They met with police along with us, we invited them to our events, they’ve seen our meetings with community activists. They know it has nothing to do with the military. The fact that they continue that rhetoric further divides this league and further divide players and owners and even our country. It continues to push that narrative that’s frankly not true.” Again, Jenkins’ words underscore the quagmire the league has gotten itself into, and how difficult it will be to create a solution that pleases more than one very partisan base on either end of the political spectrum. (PFT) ______________ _____________________________ This isn't even true at all. Jenkins and the rest of the protesters need to find an outlet outside of the NFL to voice their opinions and concerns. I'll be glad when this goes away and the season gets underway. Its a shame that such issues as this divide instead of unite one another. I agree their are 'issues', but why they have to be addressed during the National Anthem in the eyes of the world is beyond me. Oh well...
Actually, if I remember correctly (and I may not because my memory sucks), the Cowboys knelt together, as a team, as a sign of solidarity, BEFORE the National Anthem was played. To make a more pronounced gesture, without sullying the Anthem... Again, I could be wrong, but I think I remember this. Similar to the Browns starting a film short that was played before the anthem, starting with the game after half the team said a prayer during the anthem. Each player was given a platform to state how they felt and it played in the stadium on the big screen before the National Anthem played.
