Houston Texans star wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins left practice on Friday, due to team owner Bob McNair’s remark that allowing players to have too much power, would be akin to “letting the inmates run the prison.”
McNair made the comments during an October 17th NFL meeting when, in reference to Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones’ comments that his players would be required to stand, McNair said: “See, Jones gets it — 96 percent of Americans are for guys standing. We can’t have the inmates running the prison.”
McNair later apologized for the comments.
However, that wasn’t good enough for Texans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, who was apparently so upset he had to leave practice:
Texans WR DeAndre Hopkins’ absence from practice today was related to Bob McNair’s comments, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 27, 2017
Hopkins, reportedly, wasn’t the only player who felt that way. Schefter then reported that the entire team almost walked out:
Texans players wanted to walkout today in response to owner Bob McNair’s comments, per @sarahbarshop. Had to be persuaded to stay.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 27, 2017
Schefter then retweeted the Houston Chronicle’s Aaron Wilson, who shared more comments from the team:
More of what’s going on in Houston that will reverbate around the league, per @AaronWilson_NFL. pic.twitter.com/CrQtSbEyCZ
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 27, 2017
Given that Texans Owner Bob McNair was also a major contributor to President Trump’s campaign, you can safely expect this story to remain quite lively throughout the weekend.
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