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TexasTowelie

(112,125 posts)
Sun Sep 10, 2017, 01:14 PM Sep 2017

Jones, Dallas Cowboys players speak against flag protests

Various players across the NFL have knelt, sat, or raised a fist while the national anthem plays — but the Cowboys are not likely to do the same.

In a radio interview with the Dallas-Fort Worth radio station 105.3 The Fan, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said he opposed those actions.

“I just feel so strongly that the act of recognizing the flag is a salute to our country and all of the people that have sacrificed so that we can have the liberties we have,” Jones said. “I feel very strongly that everyone should save that moment for the recognition of the flag in a positive way, so I like the way the Cowboys do it.”

While that was all Jones said on the subject, he was quoted in a UConservative article as saying any Cowboys player who does not stand for the anthem would be kicked off the team.

Read more: http://www.themonitor.com/cowboys/article_9fde4bea-95ea-11e7-ac81-aba980d64d63.html

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Jones, Dallas Cowboys players speak against flag protests (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2017 OP
Hey Jerruh, how many players have you had suspended? How many degenerates have you signed? underpants Sep 2017 #1
As if I give a fuck about anything Jerry Jones says. (nt) Paladin Sep 2017 #2
the Dallas Cowboys can kiss my ass gopiscrap Sep 2017 #3

underpants

(182,772 posts)
1. Hey Jerruh, how many players have you had suspended? How many degenerates have you signed?
Sun Sep 10, 2017, 01:34 PM
Sep 2017

Your team leads the league by a wide margin for suspensions.

gopiscrap

(23,756 posts)
3. the Dallas Cowboys can kiss my ass
Sun Sep 10, 2017, 06:11 PM
Sep 2017

one of the reasons why my father was killed in war was because he was guarding my right NOT to stand when a song that glorifies war is being played

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