Texans’ owner Bob McNair held special meeting with his players
Owner Bob McNair attempted to pick up the pieces of his franchise on Saturday as he met with his players in an effort to explain himself after referring to NFL players as “inmates” during an NFL meeting.
Houston Texans’ owner Bob McNair held a special meeting with his players on Saturday, a day after news broke that he referred to NFL players as “inmates” during a meting with the other 30 NFL owners, where they were discussing how to deal with player protests.
Of course McNair expressed plenty of remorse and regrets that he’s distracted his players with his comments.
McNair "I know they were upset. I wanted to answer their questions. I told them if I had it 2 do over again I wouldn't use that expression."
— John McClain (@McClain_on_NFL) October 28, 2017
Bob McNair: "I met with the players. I let them know that number 1, the last thing I want to be is a distraction to the team.If any of the players were offended by what was reported,I'm sorry about that & I apologized to them for that. We need to just work together going forward"
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) October 28, 2017
McNair also released a statement on the Texans’ public relations Twitter account.
Statement from Texans Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert C. McNair: pic.twitter.com/YqkfnbjeSp
— Houston Texans PR (@TexansPR) October 28, 2017
Looking at McNair’s statement, I have a hard time believing that he was really talking about the NFL league office and the owners when he talked about not allowing the inmates to run the prison. It’ obvious that he was talking about the players having too much control with their ability to protest.
The good news for McNair is that all of his players will show up for Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks.
Per source, every #texans player that is scheduled to make the trip, is expected to be on the plane tomorrow to Seattle.
— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) October 28, 2017
I look forward to seeing how McNair plans on repairing his relationship with his players, because I’m sure almost all of them no longer trust him.
As much as McNair may not value his players and may not agree with protests, they’re lining his pockets with plenty of money. He’s just upset because he can’t control them.
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