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Cowboys Owner Makes an Anthem Stand: ‘If We Are Disrespecting the Flag, Then We Won’t Play. Period’
Breitbart ^ | 8 Oct 2017 | Dylan Gwinn

Posted on 10/08/2017 7:54:08 PM PDT by conservative98

Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones has had it with anthem protests. Just how tired of it is he? Tired enough that Jones has now publicly said that if his team doesn’t respect the flag, they’re not going to play.

Jones was asked by Brandon George of the Dallas Morning News, about two Cowboys players who raised their fists at the end of the anthem. Jones said he did not see the raised fists. But then, Jones made a definitive statement about how he wants to see his team to handle the anthem from now on.

According to Pro Football Talk, Jones said, “If there’s anything that is disrespectful to the flag, then we will not play. OK? Understand? If we are disrespecting the flag, then we won’t play. Period. Period.”

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: cowboys; dallas; dallascowboys; flag; jones; nationalanthem; nfhell; nfl; nofansleft; pence; sports; takeaknee; trump; twofacejones
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To: conservative98

Finally a man that gets it!!


101 posted on 10/08/2017 11:07:03 PM PDT by Davy Crocket
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To: conservative98
He doesn't care about the flag. He just cares about the bottom line. He's losing money.

If the protests weren't costing him money, he wouldn't care. He'd be out there kneeling with them if he thought he could make money off of it.

103 posted on 10/08/2017 11:13:17 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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To: conservative98

The liberals on Twitter are not happy right now. Jerry Jones is a racist. Trump is a Nazi. (so on and so forth)


104 posted on 10/08/2017 11:15:41 PM PDT by Pinkbell
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To: dfwgator
I thought at one time MLB started games with National Anthem.

Do they still?

105 posted on 10/08/2017 11:53:59 PM PDT by topher (Traditional values -- especially family values -- which have been proven over time.)
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To: topher

I know at the Rangers games I’ve gone to they do, but they aren’t usually televised.


106 posted on 10/08/2017 11:54:49 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Pinkbell

JJ is trying to please everyone, but just winds up pissing everybody off.


107 posted on 10/08/2017 11:55:27 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Cowboy Bob
There was evidence today (in my opinion) of how bad the money loss is.

CBS released a story saying that if Colin Kaepernick was hired by a team in the NFL, he would stand for the National Anthem.

The story was TOTALLY false.

Colin Kaepernick said no one asked him that question.

And, CBS immediately retracted the story.

108 posted on 10/08/2017 11:57:00 PM PDT by topher (Traditional values -- especially family values -- which have been proven over time.)
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To: All

I wonder if Texas Governor Gregg Abbott will hold Jerry’s foot to the fire if there is disrespect and he does not pull his players/forfeits.


109 posted on 10/08/2017 11:58:31 PM PDT by topher (Traditional values -- especially family values -- which have been proven over time.)
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To: topher
The ratings affect revenue and if the ratings drop the NFL has to give back money to the advertisers
110 posted on 10/09/2017 12:13:50 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: gaijin

im sitting here dying of cancer and I have to watch the pussy big men being little bitches?

after everything I have done for this country


111 posted on 10/09/2017 12:14:07 AM PDT by ezo4
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To: conservative98

Jerry is just a rich business man who care not from which the next dollar comes, only that it goes into his pocket! I am a Cowboy fan but I will never watch them again, right before the Cardinal game, Jones was on the field with all the players and they all took a knee, and showing the coward that he is, then locked arms with all the players and stood for the National Anthem! Do you normally see fans in the stands with lock arms, hell no! They honor the flag individually, what Jones was trying to do was show unity, but unity to what!


112 posted on 10/09/2017 12:16:40 AM PDT by longhorn too
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To: dp0622
The NFL made a decision to make an anti-Trump statement, Trump voters need to respond in kind.

Sorry if that inconveniences you.

113 posted on 10/09/2017 12:16:55 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: conservative98

Finally.... That’s how every team owner should be.

If the pathetic weakling NFL commissionaire Roger Goodell or enough owners did this from the get go, then the NFL ratings would still have been stronger than ever.

The players can protest all they want, but not do it on their own time not game time in front of the entire country. Oh well in the long haul it’s probably a better thing for our Republic.

Sad to see the NFL off in my house, been watching it since 5 years, but disrespecting the flag, God and/or family will not be accepted. I understand it’s not every player, coach, owner, etc.... However, the filth has taken over the NFL and ruined. The silence of those that love our country in the NFL is going to cost them in long run. That’s what happens when you let scum take over.


114 posted on 10/09/2017 12:31:10 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: MayflowerMadam

When I see a black fist, I give ‘em the white finger.


115 posted on 10/09/2017 2:26:36 AM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday.)
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

First you’ve got to fill the stadium. From what I understand, that’s starting to become a problem. Tee hee.


116 posted on 10/09/2017 2:28:42 AM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday.)
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To: conservative98

He is very late to say this, but it’s a tiny step in the right direction. I won’t watch NFL ever again, but I won’t boycott advertises any longer once the disrespect and rudeness are completely over.


117 posted on 10/09/2017 3:36:31 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: conservative98

Doesn’t matter - as long as one player on any team gets away with it, I won’t watch. This season doesn’t exist for me and many others.


118 posted on 10/09/2017 3:40:47 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: conservative98

Good...


119 posted on 10/09/2017 3:46:51 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
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To: conservative98

Do they still get paid?


120 posted on 10/09/2017 4:18:37 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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