A recent firestorm related to race seemed to sting Jerry Jones. JarrettBell writes that the Cowboys owner has the ability to change the narrative.
, the late Pittsburgh Steelers owner who in the early 2000s worked with then-Commissioner Paul Tagliabue – under the threat of legal action led by attorneys Johnnie L. Cochran and Cyrus Mehri – to establish the mandate that teams must interview minority candidates for head coaching vacancies . Rooney was chairman of the NFL’s diversity committee, which is now led by his son and Steelers owner, Art Rooney II.
“I was the very first owner to volunteer with the professional group they organized to come in and visit with every owner and not only give them ideas but get their ideas,” Jones said. “I was the very first in line.”for his hard-line, “toes on the line” stance against players kneeling during the Colin Kaepernick-inspired protests during the national anthem that aimed to bring attention to police slayings of Black people and social injustices.
In any event, when the photo from 1957 was published, depicting a 14-year-old Jones on the wrong side of history – despite his contention that he was there as a curious teenager – it was easy for some to connect the dots to his stance on the protests during the anthem. Undoubtedly, Jones was eager to share such details about his family history to add contrast to the heat he’s received over the photograph.
When it was mentioned that The Washington Post story revealed that his grandfather was a member of the Citizens Council that typically advanced racist causes, Jones said the first that he had heard of it was when told by one of the authors of the Post story.Could he do more with his influence?
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