Dallas Cowboys owner calls Trump’s interest in anthem issue ‘problematic,’ Trump salutes him anyway

July 27, 2018 Black Truth News Recent Posts, Sports

That, however, didn’t stop Trump from saluting Jones.

“Way to go Jerry. This is what the league should do!” Trump tweeted Friday.

As Cowboys players reported to training camp in Oxnard, California, days earlier, Jones held forth in a news conference in which he admitted that, like most people, he wished the anthem controversy “would go away.”

“(Trump’s) interest in what we’re doing is problematic, from my chair, and I would say in general the owners’ chair,” Jones said on Wednesday. “It’s unprecedented, if you really think about it. But like the very game itself, that’s the way it is and we’ll deal with it.

“We feel strongly about how we deal with it and we’ll do so accordingly, but, yes, I, like everybody, would like for it to go away.”

The owner’s son, Stephen Jones, suggested Thursday that Dallas players who don’t stand for the anthem might be cut.

Players took a knee or raised a fist during the playing of the national anthem last season, doing so to raise awareness of police brutality and social injustice.

However, the president, vice president and others interpreted it as pointed toward military members. This summer, Trump has raised the issue again several times.

Last week, he tweeted that the rule should be “first time kneeling, out for game. Second time kneeling, out for season/no pay!”

In June, Trump took multiple shots at the league on Twitter.

“The Philadelphia Eagles Football Team was invited to the White House,” he tweeted on June 4. “Unfortunately, only a small number of players decided to come, and we cancelled the event. Staying in the Locker Room for the playing of our National Anthem is as disrespectful to our country as kneeling. Sorry!”

In May, the NFL announced that players on the sideline would face fines if they did not stand for the anthem and gave them the option of remaining in the locker room while the anthem is played. Previously, the policy said only that players “should” stand.