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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says anthem protests are damaging the NFL
The Guardian ^ | Oct 22, 2017

Posted on 10/22/2017 8:25:17 PM PDT by 11th_VA

Dallas owner says he has heard from concerned sponsors

The Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who this month said he would bench any of his players who “disrespect the flag” during the national anthem, says that the protest movement is damaging the NFL.

This season dozens of NFL players have knelt during the anthem to highlight racial injustice in the United States. The movement has split the nation, with many perceiving it as disrespectful to military veterans. The NFL’s television ratings are also down, although it is not clear whether this is directly linked to the protests, as TV sports audiences have fallen across America.

“There is no question the league is suffering negative effects from these protests,” Jones said on Sunday.

Jones’s Cowboys are valued at around $5bn, and he said he had heard from concerned sponsors. “Our ability to be substantive is based on having a strong NFL, a league that people are really interested in and want to watch and want to watch the games,” Jones said. “At all times, if I am anything, I am first and foremost a proponent of making the NFL strong. Making us have as many people watching the game as we can and watching in light of what we are doing and that’s playing football. If all this makes you stronger to represent messages, let’s don’t do it in a way that tears down the strength of the NFL.”

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KEYWORDS: chatforum; cowboys; dallas; football; nfhell; nfl; nofansleft; sports; texas; winning
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No quarter !!! We are winning !!!
1 posted on 10/22/2017 8:25:17 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

Die, NFL. Die.

Die, NBA. Die.

Hey Jerry, guess that kneeling didn’t work out, huh? Bummer, dude.


2 posted on 10/22/2017 8:27:33 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: 11th_VA

No, Jerry, they killed it.


3 posted on 10/22/2017 8:27:44 PM PDT by chris37 (Take a week off racist >;-)
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To: 11th_VA

No Sh!t Sherlock.
Just wait until next year when the season ticket holders drop out.

I quit last year when this crap started and the league did nothing.

The NFL hates America and America noticed.
Now the feeling is mutual.
There is nothing they can do now to repair their image.


4 posted on 10/22/2017 8:28:50 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

It would be a good time to start a new football league that puts forward a patriotic America loving image.


5 posted on 10/22/2017 8:29:58 PM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: 11th_VA

Hey Jerry, you took a knee. You linked arm in arm with these losers and ingrates.

Now take off, hoser. Your time is up.


6 posted on 10/22/2017 8:30:17 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping list.)
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To: 11th_VA

And guess what? There’s no putting the genie back into the bottle.


7 posted on 10/22/2017 8:30:25 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: SaveFerris; All

Jerry is against the kneeling and is trying to save the NFL from itself.

He is one of the good guys on this.


8 posted on 10/22/2017 8:31:36 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: 11th_VA

9 posted on 10/22/2017 8:32:17 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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To: 11th_VA

Could JJ make a run at commish? He could let Stephen take over all DC ops.....pretty much runs the org today.


10 posted on 10/22/2017 8:32:28 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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To: FreedomStar3028
It would be a good time to start a new football league that puts forward a patriotic America loving image.

It would be just another avenue for the left to protest America, paid for by the taxpayers in this country.

11 posted on 10/22/2017 8:32:50 PM PDT by CatOwner
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The NFL is dead. It’s more than just the kneelers, too. Millenials aren’t interested in that crap and us lifelong fans are dying off and finding better ways to enjoy life - like going outside or doing hobbies and stuff.

They disrespected us!! There’s no diversity! Irony.


12 posted on 10/22/2017 8:33:46 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: HonkyTonkMan; All

Jerry Jones will not tolerate protests on his team:

http://www.businessinsider.com/jerry-jones-cowboys-anthem-disrespect-flag-will-not-play-2017-10


13 posted on 10/22/2017 8:34:09 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: CatOwner

No. It wouldn’t be tolerated.


14 posted on 10/22/2017 8:35:12 PM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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When do they wear pink again?


15 posted on 10/22/2017 8:35:46 PM PDT by proust (Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.)
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To: 11th_VA

It has become clear that NFL owners realize that they are going to lose
money. They believe that allowing players to kneel will cost them less
than forcing players to stand, which might cause players to strike.


16 posted on 10/22/2017 8:35:48 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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To: 11th_VA

Did Jerry take a Mulligan for his kneeling stunt a few weeks ago?


17 posted on 10/22/2017 8:36:13 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative ( Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.Does the Government)
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To: marktwain

I have a cynical theory. I wonder if Jerry is purposefully being protrayed as the one owner who cares and is willing to take action against “kneelers” in order to make the Cowboys a test case for the NFL owners. The NFL might be looking at Cowboy revenues to see how bad the fallout is from this whole mess.

If that is the case, then if the Cowboys measurably improve in revenue, then the whole NFL might follow his “lead”. I personlly won’t be happy unless they also dump Goodell.


18 posted on 10/22/2017 8:37:25 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: marktwain
Jerry is against the kneeling and is trying to save the NFL from itself.

He is one of the good guys on this.

But he linked arms with the players and took a knee a fornight ago.

19 posted on 10/22/2017 8:37:36 PM PDT by lightman (ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
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To: 11th_VA

The owners are old and befuddled. Goodel is not capable of decisive action or effective leadership. He will never be confused with Commissioner Kenesaw Mountion Landis. When baseball’s future was threatened, the judge knew what to do and did it.


20 posted on 10/22/2017 8:37:43 PM PDT by allendale (.)
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