Trump Praises Cowboys' Jerry Jones For Vow To Bench Players Who Don't Stand For Anthem
Jerry Jones
After Dallas Cowboys owner  Jerry Jones  reiterated  his  vow on Monday to bench any player who chooses to protest during the national anthem by taking a knee   he  was praised by President Donald Trump on Twitter  who offered a “big salute” to the billionaire businessman.
 Jones  had said earlier Monday that Trump had personally “reminded”  him  about the NFL’s game operations manual  which includes a reference to how players should behave during the national anthem. Citing the manual on Sunday   Jones  had said that any player caught “disrespecting the flag … will not play.”
A big salute to Jerry Jones  owner of the Dallas Cowboys  who will BENCH players who disrespect our Flag."Stand for Anthem or sit for game!" — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 10  2017
Referencing the policy again on Monday   Jones  told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen that there “will be no exceptions” to the policy for his team.
 Jones : "My job is the Dallas Cowboys. It's in the best interests of the Dallas Cowboys  the NFL and the players ...to honor the flag." — Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) October 9  2017
“There is no room here if it comes between looking non-supportive of our players and of each other or creating the impression that you’re disrespecting the flag  we will be non-supportive of each other ”  Jones  said on Sunday. “We will not disrespect the flag.”
Last month  when Trump first stirred controversy by suggesting that athletes who knelt during the anthem should be “fired ”  Jones  had knelt with the Cowboys before “The Star-Spangled Banner” at a game against the Arizona Cardinals. The team then stood and locked arms during the anthem.
 Jones  told Mortensen that  he  thought the controversy over the anthem would “go away” after the Cardinals game.
 Jones  said  he  thought controversy would "go away" after MNF in AZ when team knelt "in unity" before anthem and then stood locked arm in arm — Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) October 9  2017
After [TGT]reiterated  [TGT]  vow on Monday to bench any player who chooses to protest during the national anthem by taking a knee   [TGT]  was praised by President Donald Trump on Twitter  who offered a “big salute” to the billionaire businessman.
 [TGT]had said earlier Monday that Trump had personally “reminded”  [TGT]  about the NFL’s game operations manual  which includes a reference to how players should behave during the national anthem. Citing the manual on Sunday   [TGT]had said that any player caught “disrespecting the flag … will not play.”
A big salute to [TGT]owner of the Dallas Cowboys  who will BENCH players who disrespect our Flag."Stand for Anthem or sit for game!" — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 10  2017
Referencing the policy again on Monday   [TGT]told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen that there “will be no exceptions” to the policy for his team.
 [TGT]. It's in the best interests of the Dallas Cowboys  the NFL and the players ...to honor the flag." — Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) October 9  2017
“There is no room here if it comes between looking non-supportive of our players and of each other or creating the impression that you’re disrespecting the flag  we will be non-supportive of each other ”  [TGT]said on Sunday. “We will not disrespect the flag.”
Last month  when Trump first stirred controversy by suggesting that athletes who knelt during the anthem should be “fired ”  [TGT]had knelt with the Cowboys before “The Star-Spangled Banner” at a game against the Arizona Cardinals. The team then stood and locked arms during the anthem.
 [TGT]told Mortensen that  [TGT]  thought the controversy over the anthem would “go away” after the Cardinals game.
 [TGT]said  [TGT]  thought controversy would "go away" after MNF in AZ when team knelt "in unity" before anthem and then stood locked arm in arm — Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) October 9  2017