TMZ managed to catch up with Ted Cruz for a couple minutes today to ask him his thoughts on how the NFL has put a gag on Jerry Jones to stop talking about the NFL protests.
Here’s what Cruz had to say:
Here’s more from TMZ:
“I will say, I think the NFL did itself a lot of harm last year,” the Republican senator from Texas told us at Reagan Airport in D.C.
“An awful lot of their fans, folks who go to games and like to cheer on football, found themselves thrust in the middle of politics.”
He added … “People ought to be able to enjoy football without it being turned into a political statement that many understandably see as a slight to our flag and to the many people who stood up and fought to defend our country.”
I think most people are with Cruz on this. The NFL has hurt itself a lot, turning people off from watching one of the most-watched professional sports in the US. And while I do like that Jerry Jones has taken a strong pro-Anthen stand (pun intended) with the Cowboys, I am kinda hoping we can all just get back to the business of football and put all of this kneeling behind us.