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Houston Texans owner: 'We can't have the inmates running the prison"
[Breitbart] Houston Texans Owner Bob McNair raised eyebrows at an NFL meeting earlier this month, with an expression he made regarding anthem-protesting players, saying that we "can’t have the inmates running the prison." McNair has since apologized for the remark.McNair reportedly made his initial comment during an October 17 NFL owners meeting held at league headquarters in New York, ESPN reported. The NFL owner made his comment after fellow Texan Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, said that the anthem protest was killing TV ratings and hurting the NFL’s bottom line. "See, Jones gets it ‐ 96 percent of Americans are for guys standing," McNair reportedly said. "We can’t have the inmates running the prison." However, Executive Vice President of football Operations, Troy Vincent, bristled at the analogy. According to TMZ, "Vincent reportedly told McNair that he had been called all sorts of terrible slurs during his NFL career ‐ inlcuding the N-word ‐ but never felt like an "inmate." Related: Townhall - Nosedive: NFL Ratings Have Dropped Almost 20 Percent Since 2013 Posted by: Besoeker 2017-10-28 |
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