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Cowboys Owner To Players: No More Dissing The Flag/Anthem

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Oct 9, 2017 DailyWire.com

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Dallas Cowboys players will not be allowed to play if they engage in anti-Americanism, according to Sunday-published reports from Dallas Morning News’ Brandon George.

Jerry Jones said if any of his players disrespect the flag they will sit.
— Brandon George (@DMN_George) October 9, 2017

Jerry Jones: “If there is anything disrespecting the flag, then we will not play. Period. We’re going to respect the flag and I’m going to create the perception of it.”
— Brandon George (@DMN_George) October 9, 2017

Cowboys DL Damontre Moore and David Irving acknowledged raising their fists at the end of the national anthem before the game. Moore said he’s done it all year. Moore said it wasn’t disrespecting the flag and he has a lot of family members with military background.
— Brandon George (@DMN_George) October 9, 2017

Jerry Jones said part of his phone conversation recently with President Donald Trump was Trump telling him about an NFL policy in game operational manual that dictates players stand for the national anthem. Jones said that Trump said, “This could have all been resolved.”
— Brandon George (@DMN_George) October 9, 2017

Jerry Jones on 2 Cowboys raising fists at end of national anthem: “I don’t know about that. But if there is anything that is disrespectful to the flag we will not play. You understand? If we are disrespecting the flag we won’t play. Period. We’re going to respect the flag.”
— Brandon George (@DMN_George) October 9, 2017

The Cowboys’ owner, Jerry Jones, issued the directive after Sunday’s Cowboys/Packers game, saying:

If there is anything disrespecting the flag, then we will not play. Period. We’re going to respect the flag and I’m going to create the perception of it. …
I know this. We cannot in the NFL, in any way, give the implication that we tolerate disrespecting the flag. We cannot do that. I know the vice president did leave because in his opinion, the teams were. We know that there is a serious debate in this country about those issues. But there is no question in my mind that the National Football League and the Dallas Cowboys are going to stand up for the flag. Just so we’re clear.

All Cowboys players stood for the national anthem before Sunday’s Cowboys/Packers game. Via SportsDay:

The Cowboys haven’t had a player kneel or sit in protest. Defensive linemen David Irving and Damontre Moore raised their fist at the anthem’s conclusion. Moore did so last week as well; Irving was active for the first time this season after serving a four-game PED suspension.

The NFL Players Association (the league’s athletes’ union) issued a statement framing Jones’ decision as a violation of constitutional rights to free speech and expression:

NFL players are union members and part of the labor movement that has woven the fabric of America for generations. Our full statement: pic.twitter.com/FMOXvz3G7h
— NFLPA (@NFLPA) October 9, 2017

H/T Darelle Lincoln at TotalProSports.

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