That makes two of us.

I wrote the other day about Jerry Jones and the Cowboys holding fast to their policy of requiring players to stand for the national anthem despite new guidelines from the NFL that would allow personnel to remain in the locker room instead. The whole thing is kind of dumb anyway, since the rules are being frozen while the league has discussions with the NFL Players Association.

The topic came up today with Eagles captain Malcolm Jenkins, who described Jones as a “bully” and explained that Jeffrey Lurie would not force that kind of rule on his players:

More Jenkins from Zack Rosenblatt at NJ.com:

I’ve said before that I don’t have strong feelings about the issue one way or another. I enjoy the playing of the anthem before the game because it’s a moment to pause and think and be grateful for the opportunities we have in this country. But half of the comments section thinks I’m a liberal snowflake and the other half thinks I’m a conservative doucher, because apparently you can’t be a moderate in 2018.

And yes, Jerry Jones can do whatever he wants as long as it doesn’t violate player rights per the collective bargaining agreement. It’s his team. I get that. But he’s a hypocrite and contradicts himself when he says he wants the issue to go away, then doubles down on a rule that puts him firmly on one side of the issue. And Roger Goodell and NFL owners look like doofuses in general for putting forth a new policy that only reignites a divisive issue.

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