ESPN quoted McNair saying during last week’s league owners meeting, during discussions about ongoing player protests for social and racial equality during the national anthem before games: “We can't have the inmates running the prison.”
Because the NFL does not have guaranteed contracts for all--as do players in the NBA and Major League Baseball--the Texans and Seahawks will indeed play on Sunday.
McNair’s quote came within a lengthy story detailing what was said and done during meetings in New York that included 13 players and 11 team owners, plus NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and players’ union chief DeMaurice Smith. Most players who attended and have since commented were pleased at the progress they seemed to make with the league being more aware of their causes and sounding willing to make changes to promote and further them.
he sun was barely up in Seattle Friday when the Seahawks started reacting online to McNair’s words.
The Seahawks were still talking about their Sunday opponents’ owner--and his players--following practice Friday. That was hours after McNair issued a statement apologizing for the comment and stating he was using a figure of speech and did not intend for his words “inmate” and “prison” to be taken literally.
Way beside the point is that McNair, of course, mangled that figure of speech. Him using “prison” instead of “asylum” only made it worse, given the tenor of this NFL season from the player protests that have dominated it.
"I appreciate when people like that show who they really are,” Sherman said on his way out of the Seahawks’ locker room. “More people in the world have to be that kind and that open about how they really feel so you can identify them--and make sure you stay away from those kind of people, and keep those people out of power.
"But, you know, of course they have to sit back and apologize, because it’s politically correct to apologize. But eventually you have take people for their word and for who they are.
“For most players, even when once we apologize they still take what we said and judge us by it. So you should do the same with him."
Some of the Texans seemed to be doing that Friday.
DeAndre Hopkins, Houston’s star receiver and an acquaintance of Sherman’s, was a no-show for the Texans’ practice. Nine other teammates left the Texans’ facility Friday. Star left tackle Duane Brown said he wasn’t surprised by his team owner’s comment. ESPN.com reported the Texans considered a boycott en masse of Friday’s practice and meetings.
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