Journalist Jim Trotter sues league for discrimination, referencing incident with Jerry Jones

[DallasEast]

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[stilltheguru]

He didn’t but he toed a fine line. But I will also say I hate their stupid city, stupid name, and stupid team but Eagles owner is actually a classy respectable guy. I respect him. He allows his players to speak.

But dudes say the NFL will kick you out. That's not true. Jenkins went to the saints too if I recall. If Aaron Donald spoke up would he get kicked out? Of course not. So again, why do average Joe's seem to care more than star players who would have no repercussion? All I'm asking.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

nm

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

But dudes say the NFL will kick you out. That's not true. Jenkins went to the saints too if I recall. If Aaron Donald spoke up would he get kicked out? Of course not. So again, why do average Joe's seem to care more than star players who would have no repercussion? All I'm asking.

The NFL actively discouraged the behavior. Pointing to pro bowl players being allowed to stay when they have leverage isn't really ccompelling.

 

[erod]

Bet if you looked hard enough you could find a quote like those from every owner in the league.

And every coach and player, too.

 

[WillieBeamen]

I don’t believe anyone cares in 2023 if they got Jerry outta here. Long overdue.

Yea that may be true, but its not because of his “views”. Its because of the way he runs his team and its said

Theres a huge faction of this fanbase that probably agrees with him…

 

[stilltheguru]

The NFL actively discouraged the behavior. Pointing to pro bowl players being allowed to stay when they have leverage isn't really ccompelling.

You didnt answer the question. Next time just ignore the post if you won't answer

 

[HungryLion]

Jerry’s comment was very benign.

Jerry’s was inappropriate but man not nearly as bad as the Bills owner comment. Holy crap

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

You didnt answer the question. Next time just ignore the post if you won't answer

You didn't ask me a question. If you want to pretend that someone not answering your question proves something then go ahead. I will happily to continue to post as I have and you can just not respond.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

Jerry's comment is short-sighted and elitist, but it's not nearly as bad as the Bills owner's comment.....in my opinion. It seems like including Jerry Jones' name would be helpful in any lawsuit against NFL owners. That being said, some sensitivity training might be in order.

this...not a good look, but whatever

Bills owner

 

[visionary]

The more Jerry gets sued the better

 

[cowboysfan99]

So he sat on these quotes for 3 years until he got fired and is now using them to sue? Going to be tough to prove anything without evidence, otherwise it just sounds like a disgruntled former employee.

 

[stilltheguru]

You didn't ask me a question. If you want to pretend that someone not answering your question proves something then go ahead. I will happily to continue to post as I have and you can just not respond.

You responded to a post where I asked a question. Will you answer it or not? If not then why quote it?

 

[visionary]

Jerry’s comment was very benign.

Spoken like a true Jerry apologist

 

[stilltheguru]

So he sat on these quotes for 3 years until he got fired and is now using them to sue? Going to be tough to prove anything without evidence, otherwise it just sounds like a disgruntled former employee.

It's all about the money with all these cats but people want to play dumb.

 

[mattjames2010]

Oh. Okay?

 

[VaqueroTD]

Jerry’s was inappropriate but man not nearly as bad as the Bills owner comment. Holy crap

For sure. If these comments are substantiated, I don't foresee the Bills owner making it through as well as Jerry.

 

[HungryLion]

The issue with Jerry’s comment is that it’s not necessarily the R word at its core. But it’s not a way to talk about your employees or run a business.

Any other business if the employees bring up concerns about discrimination that may have merit. The appropriate response is not “they should just buy the company then”

 

[DallasEast]

The more Jerry gets sued the better

Anyone will agree with this if they ever wanted to hit Jones in the wallet. Even if the hit will eventually be less painful than a mosquito bite, lol.

 

[FuzzyLumpkins]

You responded to a post where I asked a question. Will you answer it or not? If not then why quote it?

You want to frame the argument in a particular way with the question and I reject the premise. You want it to seem because at no point has a NFL team cut a player and given kneeling as cause for the cut is meaningful. I was just saying that there were other indications.