Houston Texans Just Revealed Their DISGUSTING Game Day Plan As Huge 'F You' To White
Owner.
Houston Texans players are now planning to protest as a unit before Sunday's game against
the Seattle Seahawks in the wake of team owner Bob McNair's controversial "inmates running
the prison" comment instead of saying "inmates running the asylum."
The comment was made during an NFL owners meeting in New York earlier this month.
It referred to ongoing player demonstrations during the national anthem.
The comment was made public in the extreme left leaning ESPN The Magazine story published
Friday that looked in-depth at what went on during the October 17th meeting of select
NFL owners, players and union leaders, and the full owner's meetings the following
day at which McNair made the comment.
McNair did, of course, apologize for his comment on Friday and again on Saturday, where he
said: "I am truly sorry to the players for how this has impacted them and the perception
that it has created of me, which could not be further from the truth."
SB Nation Reports:
Texans' Bob McNair apologizes for saying NFL can't have 'inmates running the prison'
Seth Wickersham and Don Van Natta Jr. of ESPN pulled back the curtain and provided an in-depth
look at the recent NFL meetings between owners and players to discuss protests during the
national anthem.
The most eye-raising quote in the article came from Houston Texans owner Bob McNair,
who reportedly derailed a discussion when he told other NFL owners that they "can't
have the inmates running the prison."
The comment came during a meeting that didn't include current players.
But McNair's words reportedly offended NFL executive and former player Troy Vincent.
Via ESPN.com:
After the owners finished, Troy Vincent stood up.
He was offended by McNair's characterization of the players as "inmates."
Vincent said that in all his years of playing in the NFL — during which, he said, he had
been called every name in the book, including the N-word — he never felt like an "inmate."
That sparked a back-and-forth with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones who said NFL owners are
historically responsible for the success of the NFL.
However, McNair later pulled Vincent aside to apologize for the comment and then released
a statement Friday after his words were made public in ESPN's report.
The expression of "inmates running the prison" or asylum is used to describe leadership surrendering
power to those being led.
But the optics of owners essentially describing themselves as prison wardens aren't great,
particularly because police brutality and systematic oppression are at the heart of
the player protests.
McNair suggested Saturday that his expression was used to describe the NFL league office
as the "inmates," but that falls flat when we already know the context of the conversation
that led to its use:
As Jones spoke, Snyder mumbled out loud, "See, Jones gets it — 96 percent of Americans
are for guys standing," a claim some dismissed as a grand overstatement.
McNair, a multimillion-dollar Trump campaign contributor, spoke next, echoing many of the
same business concerns.
"We can't have the inmates running the prison," McNair said.
Despite McNair's claims that the expression wasn't used to describe players, it's
hard to read the context any other way.
And even if McNair apologized, the comment only serves to validate what many already
perceive the thoughts and beliefs of NFL owners to be.
That includes Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman, 49ers safety/linebacker Eric Reid,
and other players who commented about McNair:
Athletes in other sports spoke out, too.
NBA forward Draymond Green called what McNair said "unacceptable."
The comments also had a ripple effect in Houston with players on the Texans so offended that
they considered walking out of practice Friday.
Wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins did skip the practice.
While many of the owners thought the meetings were a strong effort to move forward, some
players weren't as impressed.
Los Angeles Chargers offensive tackle Russell Okung described the meetings as "unproductive
at best and disingenuous at worst."
That's not surprising after the ESPN article characterized most of the owners' concerns
as squarely on business, ratings, and sponsorships, and seemed to show the group as dismissive
of the concerns of racial inequality that prompted protests in the first place.
Leading the way was Jones, who has pushed for a leaguewide mandate to stand during the
national anthem like the one he declared for Cowboys players:
He said the owners had to take the business impact seriously, as the league was threatened
by a polarizing issue it couldn't contain or control.
To some in the room, it was clear Jones was trying to build momentum for an anthem mandate
resolution, and in the words of one owner, "he brought up a lot of fair points."
Jones believed he was one of the few showing any urgency on the matter and seemed to be
more frustrated that not everybody was listening than he was passionate about the mandate.
It also didn't help that others' attempts to listen to players' concerns were awkward
and/or tone deaf.
Bills owner Terry Pegula complimented Anquan Boldin for his message about police brutality,
but called the receiver "Antwan."
He also said the NFL could use a spokesperson like Boldin on social issues because it couldn't
be "white owner but needs to be someone who's black."
Not all owners were unsympathetic.
49ers owner Jed York and Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie have been supportive of players' right
to kneel, and only nine owners were in favor of a mandate.
Commissioner Roger Goodell was also in the corner of players and surprisingly opposed
Jones for much of the meetings, creating an interesting stage for a future power struggle.
Next week, the owners will again meet with players and this time it's expected to include
former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick — the player at the core of the protests
during the national anthem.
It's a chance for owners and players to take a step forward, but the ESPN article
further illuminates that the gulf between the two sides isn't close to being bridged.
Of course, because these spoiled players won't just walk out of their jobs where they make
an average salary of 2.2 million dollars a season, they initially stated they would remove
the Houston Texans decals from their helmets in protest.
But now, instead, it's being reported they have backed down from that idea and will just
kneel during the national anthem instead.
So let me get this straight.
These spoiled ball tossers have an issue with something their team owner says in a private
meeting so they go back to disrespecting the nation who made these illiterates rich beyond
belief?
Really?
Since you players are so principled why don't you put your money where your mouth is and
walk out of the game altogether?
That would really make a statement and it would stop people from thinking you are all
a bunch of money grabbing spoiled brats throwing a temper tantrum.
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