NFL Places National-Anthem Gag Order on Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast



The National Football League has told Jerry Jones he can no longer speak out about players’ police-brutality on-field protests during the playing of the national anthem, the Dallas Cowboys owner told several news outlets. Days earlier, Jones said his players would have to stand for the anthem, and Executive Vice President Stephen Jones, Jerry’s son, implied players could be removed from the team if they don’t comply. Reporter Mike Doocy said Cowboys staff told him he was not allowed to ask Jones about the national anthem. Doocy canceled his interview, but several reporters who interviewed Jones seemed to follow the rule. Jones, who donated $1 million to President Donald Trump’s inauguration committee, has been outspoken on the issue. Players began kneeling during the national anthem in 2016 to protest racial inequality and police brutality.

READ IT AT FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM

###

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/nfl-places-national-anthem-gag-order-on-cowboys-owner-jerry-jones?ref=home

[PoliticAverse]

1. The issue is currently subject to a negotiation between the players' union and the NFL.

That will decide what the policy is and owners and players will be expected to follow it unless there iare additional legal actions.

[DRoseDARs]

2. Preparing for the deafening squealling about the suppression of his 1st Amendment rights...

Poor Irony. Will she ever stop dying?

[comradebillyboy]

3. Jerry Jones is such a Trump fluffer that I'm about ready

to stop being a Cowboy fan. One of my former students plays for the Patriots, maybe I'll become a patriot fan.

[Jake Stern]

6. Pats owner Robert Kraft is a Trumper

To be fair he does criticize from time to time.


The owner of the Philadelphia Eagles is a known opponent of Trump.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Kraft is a life-long Democrat but a personal friend of tRump. . . . nt

[RhodeIslandOne]

7. You do know they are Trump's favorite team, right?

Had they beaten Philly no way in hell would he have uninvited them. Thankfully they lost.

[RhodeIslandOne]

15. I was talking about the Patriots.

He seems to be obsessed with Brady.

[Dave Starsky]

16. I was confused. I deleted it.

I think he is obsessed with Brady because Brady is the ONLY NFL player who will openly confess to wanting to have anything to do with that bastard.

[Garion_55]

8. Feel free to take a year off.

The Vikings are always looking for a few good fans lol

[olegramps]

14. Stop being a Cowboy fan is easy for me, I never was and never will be.

[Liberal In Red State]

4. Not sure this is true . . . But I heard that Jerrah did not remove his hat for the anthem during

training camp because he did not have his “hair piece” on. There must be film of this somewhere - if true - it’s confirmation he’s the pretentious a$$ we all knew he was.

[Marcuse]

18. Of Patriotism and Scoundrels

[Liberal In Red State]

19. So proud of Dale Hansen for showing the film. Heard some stations didn't want to get on

Jerrah’s bad side at the start of the season and show it on air. Seeing is believing . . . and Jones showed that is patriotism is a sham!

[Dave Starsky]

20. Thanks for that. Dale Hansen is the greatest.

He is one of my favorite sportscasters of all time. He tells the truth and gives no shits. He has an encyclopedic sports knowledge, and he knows how to pronounce Mexia and Waxahachie correctly. He is a national treasure.

[riversedge]

5. kick 🌊🌊🌊 #FlipItBlue #BlueWave2018 #VoteThemOUT

[TlalocW]

9. PACKERS!

TlalocW

[central scrutinizer]

21. Please tell this woman

[link:https://m.

|

[TeamPooka]

10. Basically Jones is stating publicly that The Cowboys are violating the CBA between the NFL and the

NFLPA with these illegal rules and punishments.
The Cowboys are potentially liable for legal reprisal and the NFL is distancing themselves from any future litigation by acting on Jones violation.

[LudwigPastorius]

11. " NFL Places...Gag Order on Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones"

That's only fair.

Jones has been making me gag since the day he fired Tom Landry.

[GulfCoast66]

17. Damn! Putting his string of Super Bowl wins one the line??

Oh, never mind...

But I guess if in Texas and you field shit every year you have to find a way to draw fans.

He sure as hell won’t be drawing too many politically minded Free Agents any time soon.

[riversedge]

22. Maybe trump will set up some kind of reality football show for Texas??

ernest lamonica
‏ @ErnestLamonica
1h1 hour ago

Charles Blow: "t is simply not healthy for the country to have a president stuck perpetually in attack mode, fighting enemies real and imagined, pushing a toxic agenda that mixes the exaltation of grievance and the grinding of axes."