Miami Dolphins Owner Takes A Hard Stance Against NFL Kneelers, Walks It All Back About 4 Seconds Later

It’s been over a month. Over a month without a meaningful NFL game. I’m hanging in there (barely). I kid, I kid. I know there were a handful of players who acted liked spoiled, unpatriotic brats last year, but it didn’t change football Sundays having a special place in my heart. Maybe it’s because of my upbringing. My youngest sister had a lot of medical problems (she has cerebral palsy and HAD– yes, past tense praise Jesus– epilepsy). There was always something going on, and we couldn’t always do “normal” family stuff. So Sundays became our “thing.” Every Sunday, we’d make food, try new recipes and just make it a family day around the house. I didn’t even like football as a kid, but it was always on. When I got older and took a liking to football, it became even MORE of an ordeal. Football Sundays got our minds off our weekly madness.

To this day, I hang out with my family every single football Sunday. We still make food and try new recipes. I look forward to it every week. That’s why I couldn’t bear to join the boycott.

Now you know.

Trust me. I’m still ridiculously bothered by these ungrateful jackwagons who refuse to stand for the national anthem, and I’m disappointed in the NFL for NOT CARING.

I saw a glimmer of hope. Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross recently suggested that he’d make his players stand next year. He told the NY Daily News, “All of our players will be standing.”

“When that message changed, and everybody was interpreting it as that was the reason, then I was against kneeling,” he added. “I like Donald (Trump). I don’t support everything that he says. Overall, I think he was trying to make a point, and his message became what kneeling was all about. From that standpoint, that is the way the public is interpreting it. So I think that’s really incumbent upon us to adopt that. That’s how, I think, the country now is interpreting the kneeling issue.”

That lasted approximately 4 seconds. Right after, he told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel the complete opposite.

“I have no intention of forcing our players to stand during the anthem and I regret that my comments have been misconstrued,” Ross told the South Florida Sun Sentinel. “I’ve shared my opinion with all our players: I’m passionate about the cause of social justice and I feel that kneeling is an ineffective tactic that alienates more people than it enlists.”

“I know our players care about the military and law enforcement too because I’ve seen the same players who are fighting for social justice engaging positively with law enforcement and the military,” he added. “I care passionately that the message of social justice resonates far and wide and I will continue to support and fund efforts for those who fight for equality for all.”

Dolphins owner Stephen Ross says anthem comments were ‘misconstrued’ – Yardbarker https://t.co/zuyVJPz2HI

— Dolphins aggbot (@Dolphins_Newz) March 6, 2018

Dolphins owner Stephen Ross did an interview with the NYDN saying he would force players to stand for the anthem & that he’s down with 45. It was hours before he accepted an award from the Jackie Robinson foundation.

— Nubyjas Wilborn (@nwilborn19) March 6, 2018

Stephen Ross backtracking like…. pic.twitter.com/rc72cCcebe

— Damien Woody (@damienwoody) March 6, 2018

Stephen Ross walking it back like pic.twitter.com/hyxnUpqT3W

— Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) March 6, 2018

So many issues with what Stephen Ross is doing. No. 1, you allowed it last season and even openly supported it. No. 2, you now change it because of what you think people “perceive” the protest is about, instead about what you know it’s about. Just bad all around.

— Will Manso (@WillManso) March 6, 2018

You forgot the part where he reversed course again less than 24 hours later.

So there you have it. Another NFL owner who’s incapable of taking a stand.

So disappointing.