literally. i was not referring to our players when i made a regretful comment during the owners meetings last week. i was referring to the relationship between the legal office and team owners and how they have been making significant strategic decisions of affecting the league without adequate input. the apology is not the atonement necessary for the grievance that has been created. mr. mcnair, you have to do more than apologize. i don t think the comments were right, but i do think these nfl owners have a constitutional right to protect their business and their business interests. as for the sense that mcnair is not alone, cowboys owner jerry jones is reportedly not happy with roger goodell s handling of the national anthem controversy. legal officials canceled a meeting scheduled for today to discuss mcnair s comments. bret: thank you. stocks ended the day in the red. dow lost 85. s&p 500 slid 8.
literally. and two, that was not directed at the team. i was not referring to our players when i made a very regretful comment during the owners meetings last week. i was referring to the relationship between the legal office and team owners and how they have been making significant, strategic, strategic dispensations affecting the league without adequate info from ownership over the past two years. he is not alone, cowboys owner jerry jones is reportedly not happy with roger caddell s handling of the national anthem controversy, the ray rice affair, and to the two teams in los angeles, so the question is, do you believe mcnair story? and is what he said so offensive that he should be punished as called for by jesse jackson. the player say the episode is not over. back to you. jon: we will continue watching this controversy. thank you. melissa: the push protects are formed by some democrats, why they say that they are being
as a way to protest police brutality against the black community. many saw it as clear sign of disdanel for the country he lives. in the president jumped in to this conversation a couple weeks ago and inspired more kneeling before nfl commissioner faced with declining ratings told players they should stand for the anthem. cowboys owner jerry jones took it one step further and threatened to bench players who kneel. basically trying to say everybody was in on this. and everybody said we can t have this guy in the nfl anymore and i mean, that s a really big claim. steve: it is a big claim. rob: how do you prove that? why would anybody want him on the team when he is to divisive in that way? i don t think you need to collude. ainsley: he might have had a case if he hadn t gotten out of his contract and if you were a really good player. rob: you could allege he still belongs in the nfl for talent reasons. who wants to touch him? i don t think you have to get together to decide that. steve:
appreciate what it is they he have to say by now being at the table? i don t understand why they have to be at the table for the owners to understand or appreciate the legitimacy of the concerns that these players are raising p. i don t agree with this form of protest. i think you should stand for the flag. that does not take way from thely jet ma thely legitimacy of the concern of the race of our country. if you want to know how a company sees a situation, follow the dollars. if the nfl is concerned about the issues, they will invest money into the cities where the players come from. the jury is still out on if they will. okay. so everyone will remember, september 24, we showed you pictures of solidarity. players, coachers, owners, kneeling, locked in arms. following day, monday night, cowboys owner jerry jones on the field locking arms. this isn t quite the image i was talking about. we saw on the field solidarity.
and oftentimes campuses what they try to do is give students now a protest area. or you can go over to that square and protest or this room and protest because they don t want them taking over the student union or the president s office so they try to co-op the resistance but protest is about disruption. if you give somebody a protest area it doesn t matter. if they tell players where or how to take a knee they give them like a designated knee taking area it defeats the purpose. let me read what we got from the cowboys owner jerry jones. if we can put that up on the screen. he says the following. is he right in any way here? not at all. if we weren t tag knees, if we