A majority of the NFL Houston Texans team took a knee after the recent comments from the owner Bob McNair. ESPN published a story that McNair was quoted telling fellow owners and NFL executives "we can't have the inmates running the prison." He is refereeing to the impact of players not standing during the national anthem.
McNair publicly apologized on Friday and Saturday.
"As I said yesterday, I was not referring to our players when I made a very regretful comment during the owners meetings last week," McNair said in a statement released Saturday. "I was referring to the relationship between the league office and team owners and how they have been making significant strategic decisions affecting our league without adequate input from ownership over the past few years."