Jerry Jones Anthem Policy Kept a Secret
Have you heard the new Jerry Jones anthem policy? Nobody has. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has been vocal about his belief that players should stand for the national anthem. However, the team owner and general manager did not say if a policy will be in effect in 2020.
Jones told reporters that he had talked to a lot of people. Including President Donald Trump, a former president, and current and former players about what to do.
“We’re going to show grace. I’m going to show grace. And I’d like to show that kind of grace on a sensitive matter,” Jones said Wednesday, talking to the media for the first time in 109 days. “Everybody is genuine here. We’re giving everyone the benefit of the doubt relative to any decision that I make. Have one thing: My job is to run the Dallas Cowboys. The job is to do what’s right. We’ve asked for all of this interest. Also, we’ve asked for our players to give everything they’ve got.
News of Jerry Jones Anthem Policy for Dallas Cowboys Players
“So I want to sit down when I have an issue. We have a decision to make. I want to show the world that I can do it with grace. Come up with the right solution. I don’t know what we’re going to be faced with here a month from now or two months from now. … Our players have always been open-eared for anything that I have to offer and I’ve been open-eared for what they have to offer, and that’s what we’ll do.”
Several players have been vocal about wanting Jones to have made a comment regarding the social unrest in the United States. Quarterback Dak Prescott said he looked at Jones’ silence from the owner’s perspective.
“He was trying to listen and gather everything he can before he came out and said his simple view. Because of his background and his beliefs, all that is different than a lot of other people,” Prescott said. “Not that he can’t relate, but it may be tough for him to relate to what other people may be going through right now. I don’t think he just wanted to speak with [urgency] and say something wrong. It’s tough.”