Texans Owner Bob McNair said “You can’t have the inmates running the prison.” in regard to players kneeling against racism and police brutality.
He is apologizing now, but the damage has been done.
“I regret that I used that expression. I never meant to offend anyone and I was not referring to our players.”
“I used a figure of speech that was never intended to be taken literally.”
“I would never characterize our players or our league that way and I apologize to anyone who was offended by it.”
Just the fact that he thought it was ok to say in the first place says what a lot of owners really feel about the players behind closed doors.