Cowboys owner Jerry Jones flipped a bird to the NFL and their namby pamby agreement with the player’s union about the national anthem, and took a STAND instead!
Get it? A stand? Standing up. Not kneeling. Yeah. That happened.
From NFL.com:
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says his team has a policy requiring Dallas players to stand on the field for the national anthem regardless of any rules the NFL might adopt on the matter.
“I do think this recent effort by the league office and the players association to have discussions … is a worthy effort,” Jones said during a news conference Wednesday at the team’s training camp site in Oxnard, California. “And that’s what you’re seeing happen right now. But in general, I will speak for one, and everybody knows where we stand, and we stand as a team.”
Jones added that the Cowboys do not support players who chose to remain in the locker room during the anthem — something that would be allowed under the league-wide policy passed by team owners in May.
“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.
The NFL had no comment on Jones’ remarks.
Well, that’s great. Also this ensures that the dumb controversy will continue to ruin football for another season. Yay!!
Ironically, Jones actually did kneel with his players – just not during the national anthem:
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— Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) September 26, 2017
Hooray politicization of everything in life!!