Posted on 10/29/2017 8:59:45 AM PDT by Enlightened1
An NFL team owners recent inmates running the prison remark has prompted a group of the leagues players to call for a meeting Monday to clear the air.
The Washington Post reported Saturday that a panel called the Players Coalition has requested a meeting Monday in Philadelphia with league Commissioner Roger Goodell, Houston Texans owner Bob McNair, and free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
It wasnt immediately clear if all parties had agreed to attend.
Meanwhile, ESPN reported Saturday that the Houston Texans players were planning to stage an unspecified protest against McNair's remarks prior to Sunday's game against the Seahawks in Seattle.
Many players have been deeply troubled by the disturbing comments made by Texans' owner Bob McNair, the Players Coalition said in a statement. It is ironic that such a quote would emerge in the midst of an ongoing struggle to highlight injustices suffered by people of color, including our nation's deeply flawed approach to criminal justice and inhumane treatment of imprisoned people.
McNair has apologized twice since making what he described as a very regretful comment during a recent league meeting about players national anthem protests. The comment was published in ESPN The Magazine.
But McNair insisted afterward that he wasnt referring to the players as inmates when he said, We cant have the inmates running the prison. Instead, he said, he was describing the relationship between team owners and the league office in New York.
Nevertheless, in a league on edge over race-related matters -- sparked in large part by Kaepernicks 2016 protests against American societys treatment of people of color the inmates remark wasnt accepted well.
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No, they didn’t. Colin didn’t wake up one day and suddenly decide to hate America. He’s a pawn. Just like the players with concussions. All orchestrated by the Left.
The NFL should fire Goodell for being White and hire Jesse Jackson to complete running the NFL into the well manicured ground.
Just pumps the “A”hole’s head up even bigger...
Free agent?????
Hell, I’m a “free agent” and I’m 68 years old!!!LOL
Ditto. May as well finish what Goodell started.
When the league looked more like the country it was good. They had decent Morales. Now that it looks like the inner city. Let it die, take away the leftwing platform.
The earth is disquieted and cannot bear a servant when he rulesProverbs 30:21-22.
The very nature of government-protected unions, including NFLPA, is repugnant.
Kaepernick? Two and fourteen! Enough said!
Yeh McNair would be racist to not hire a black QB. Oh wait...... never mind
Sure - the BLM/NFL Players Association forces McNair to sign Kaepernick and everything goes away.
If the NFL is serious about surviving, it needs a code of conduct for the players; one that actually penalizes bad behavior and throws or keeps the really bad ones out. Standing for the anthem and acting like an American is just part of it.
Fire them. They work for millions of dollars. They are the 1%. If they don’t want the money, leave.
Correctemundo! I am currently watching Real Madrid play Girona in what is a distressed part of Spain. No kneeling, no arm linking in protest by either side. Just excellent football. Players from every part of the country and also the world. Sports. Sports. Sports, not politics! GTH NFL! You and your high priced wife beating druggies suck.
The players really think they can force the owner to hire this half backed failure of a quaterback. He wanted free afency well now live it in NATIONAL FELONS LEAGUE has no one to blame except Sloppy roger the failure. He sticks it to the Pats and the felons get away with anything they want
“Re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic”
The inmates are running the prison. The truth hurts.
McNair is a complete idiot for adding fuel to the fire with the bizarre prison rant.
Well, it’s not like he has anything else to do.
Die NFL!
Just die...
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