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| Jesse Jackson: NFL owners have 'plantation mentality' |
| 2017-10-30 |
[CHRON] Reverend Jesse Jackson, the noted civil rights activist, wants to have an extensive conversation with Texans owner Bob McNair. In the wake of a firestorm of controversy following McNair saying "We can't have the inmates running the prison," at a recent NFL owners meetings, Jackson was sharply critical of the remarks in a telephone interview Sunday with The Houston Chronicle. Jackson accused owners, including McNair, of having a "plantation mentality." Jackson added that there should be sanctions against McNair for his comments. McNair has apologized publicly in a statement and privately to his players and stated that he wasn't referring to players in those remarks. said he reached out to McNair and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and hasn't heard back from them. Jackson suggested that the NFL provide extensive details about what was said at the closed-door meeting regarding players' national anthem protests. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 I'm sure those pieces of paper from their universities for fake classes will have a lot of influence on what that other labor will be. Do you need a degree to be a soda jerk now? |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-10-30 19:38 |
| #4 Jesse better get the money this year. Next year their won't be any left for the players and owners. |
| Posted by: Black Bart Omeasing1539 2017-10-30 16:22 |
| #3 Jesse gotta get paid to y'all.😀 |
| Posted by: Chris 2017-10-30 10:03 |
| #2 Them's not working in chains and can leave the environment anytime they want to in order to sell their labor to anyone else. I'm sure those pieces of paper from their universities for fake classes will have a lot of influence on what that other labor will be. Who really has exploited who? It's called |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-10-30 08:24 |
| #1 its a private company, people are paid to work there (NFL), they can pretty much say and do as they please as owners of their own companies. |
| Posted by: 746 2017-10-30 01:13 |