I know Jerry Jones has kind of changed his tunes - after that. He said this kneeling is Posted: Oct 23rd, 2017 - 2:31 am In Reply to: Cowboys/49'ers game, stadium half full. Cowboys - knelt for the anthem.
damaging the NFL and wound bench any player who “disrespect the flag"
“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.”
From The Guardian
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