Bob McNair's Prison Yard

From Yahoo Sports:
 During a recent owners meeting, McNair lobbied for the league to take a hard stance against players who kneel during the playing of the pregame national anthem, saying, “We can’t have the inmates running the prison.”

The more common phrase is “inmates running the asylum,” which is hardly a positive way to label employees but is at least an old saying. Whether McNair innocently screwed up the phrasing or this was indicative of him seeing his players as criminals is now open to debate. McNair apologized when initially confronted by Troy Vincent, an NFL vice president and former player, about the comment. Since the ESPN story, he has issued a public apology and has met with his team.

Bob McNair owns the Houston Texans. Does it surprise you Texas has this stance. I don't think so. It's funny though, because...let's face it, if they weren't playing ball...
Is what he was implying. Yes, he made a faux paux. Which is obviously said in frustration. I've said harsh things too. My buddy in film school considered me the Yogi Berra of baseball (joke). No I say stupid shit all the time. But it's because your brain is working out the details of everything. Quite honestly, people who think too hard about the answer seem much more seedy. Saying stupid things shouldn't be taken as their inner core self. A friend at work and I had this discussion. Are you saying what's in your heart when you're drunk? He thinks so. But I think anytime your brain is impaired, it's hard (from the inside yelling out anyway) to gauge what it all means to the other person. To me, it may not be a truth serum rather an exaggeration of reality or perception.

Let's be honest, this dude just wants the players to play football, take a paycheck and go to their big homes. Complaining when you're beating the system (or accelerating your talents) is like telling a leg-less man you can't be bothered to run another marathon. Yeah, don't tell THAT guy.