Houston Texans join NFL kneeling protest after owner compares players to ‘inmates’

Team owner Bob McNair criticised for ‘disrespectful’ analogy at players-owners meeting

Houston Texans NFL kneeling protest
(Image credit: Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)

Almost the entire Houston Texans NFL squad took a knee during the national anthem on Sunday after one of the team’s owners said that allowing the protests to continue would be like having “the inmates run the prison”.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Explore More