Houston Texans Players Kneel En Masse After Owner Bob McNair's "Inmates" Comments

[TomCADem]

Source: Slate

After being compared to “inmates running the prison” by team owner Bob McNair, a majority of the Houston Texans responded by taking a knee during the national anthem before their game against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.

McNair’s comments were revealed in an ESPN The Magazine feature story published on Friday that gave an inside account of the NFL’s prolonged struggles with their response to national anthem protests. "We can't have the inmates running the prison," McNair said at a meeting regarding NFL players' demonstrations against racial inequality and police brutality.

Texans players understandably took great offense to being compared to prisoners. Superstar wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins skipped practice on Friday, as did running back D'Onta Foreman. The rest of the team discussed staging a walkout but were “persuaded to stay," according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.

McNair issued an apology on Saturday, essentially stating that he’s bad at metaphors. “I was not referring to [Texans] players. … I was referring to the relationship between the league office and team owners.”

Read more: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/10/29/houston_texans_players_kneel_to_protest_owner_bob_mcnair.html

[Aristus]

1. I wonder if it's percolating down into his teeny-tiny redneck brain now that

innocent black men and boys are dying because white men with power lump them all into the category: "Inmates".

[Cold War Spook]

9. No

It never will.

[pangaia]

2. Fucking cowardly liar.

[iluvtennis]

5. Ditto

[Gothmog]

3. As a Texan fan, I applaude this action

[C Moon]

4. Condescending rich f#$*(ing a#$#0Le.

The rich and the racists have become very comfortable sharing views of their hate-filled lives, since the appointment of Trump.
I hope we can put these bastards in jail, so the scum will go crawling back under their rocks.

[TexasBushwhacker]

6. McNair didn't even get the cliche right

It's "inmates running the asylum" not prison. What an asshole.

[Moostache]

7. He got it EXACTLY right from his mental image of the players...

THAT is why they are upset, when a bigot announces what they are, BELIEVE them.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. THIS

His "dog whistle" had a megaphone attached so there was no doubt that he said what he said and meant what he said.

[mpcamb]

10. McNair needs a public shaming.

Get medieval, since he likes historical references:
New England Dunking Chair!
Yeah, that's the ticket.