NFL owner who knelt with players during anthem now says 'disrespect' for the flag will not be tolerated

Jones may be trying to retrieve [an] irretrievable situation.  However, his stance on the protests is too little, too late.He and the players have sown the wind.  Now let them reap the whirlwind.

Rick Moran  "One of the most powerful owners in the NFL says that any player who disrespects the flag won't play.

"Jerry Jones, owner of the league's flagship franchise, the Dallas Cowboys, was asked to comment on Vice President Mike Pence walking out of the stadium following an anthem protest in Indianapolis.

Dallas Morning News:

"I don't know about that. But if there is anything that is disrespectful to the flag then we will not play," Jones said after the Cowboys' 35-31 loss. "You understand? If we are disrespecting the flag then we won't play. Period.

"We're going to respect the flag, and I'm going to create the perception of it. And we have."

Jones addressed the media for 22 minutes after the game. He spent the final seven minutes talking about how he's adamant that Cowboys and other NFL players should stand for the national anthem in the wake of dozens of players around the league kneeling the first five weeks of the season.

"Jones was singing a different tune a couple of weeks ago." . . .