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NFL denies Cowboys' request to wear decal honoring fallen Dallas officers
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Burner02 Offline
#1 Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2016, 6:15 AM EST
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FoxNews.com - The NFL denied the Dallas Cowboys’ request to wear a decal on their helmets during the season that would have paid tribute to the five police officers killed last month in an ambush.

The team had been wearing a decal with the words “Arm in Arm” since the first day of training camp this summer. Dallas police Chief David Brown and Mayor Mike Rawlings paid the team a visit on that day, according to Fox 4 News.

The NFL’s strict rules on uniforms forced the league to deny the Cowboys’ request to wear the decal for the upcoming season.

Dallas police said it appreciated the Cowboys’ support.

“Their concern for the families of our fallen officers, the Dallas Police Department, and the City of Dallas is what matters most, and we know that support will continue for the immediate and long term future,” the department said in a statement.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and tight end Jason Witten, who created the decal, said they were disappointed with the league’s decision but said they believed the stickers already served its purpose.

The Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation told TMZ they were “extremely upset” over the NFL’s decision.

"The NFL had an opportunity to be leaders and advocates for change in law enforcement," Sgt. Demetrick Pennie, president of the foundation, told the website. “"These are our friends and our loved ones ... it hurts to not have the NFL fully support us.”

Dallas will kick-off its preseason schedule against the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday.


Shame on you
DrafterX Offline
#2 Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2016, 6:42 AM EST
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They whole league can wear pink all over their uniforms but this little sticker on the back of one team's helmets is a bad idea.... Think
Burner02 Offline
#3 Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2016, 7:24 AM EST
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Request was for four preseason games.
frankj1 Offline
#4 Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2016, 7:27 AM EST
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would have been a nice little tribute.

I bet in 3 years they will be sporting corporate sponsors on their jerseys!
tonygraz Offline
#5 Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2016, 7:41 AM EST
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I liked that idea for congress.
DrafterX Offline
#6 Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2016, 7:41 AM EST
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Laugh
TMCTLT Offline
#7 Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2016, 7:47 AM EST
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DrafterX wrote:
They whole league can wear pink all over their uniforms but this little sticker on the back of one team's helmets is a bad idea.... Think



THIS^^^^^^
Brewha Offline
#8 Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2016, 8:42 AM EST
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tonygraz wrote:
I liked that idea for congress.

+2
teedubbya Offline
#9 Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2016, 8:49 AM EST
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Lewindoski says Obama turned Isis in to the New England Patriots. If the NFL allows the Cowboys to do this there's no telling what Kraft and crew will interpret the rule as. They may start killing people and stuff.... Oh wait a minute.

Never mind.
I'm Batman Offline
#10 Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2016, 8:54 AM EST
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Goodell can go to hell. If he can't profit off something, he wants nothing to do with it. The pink you see for cancer and the tribute to the troops month are actually paid by those charities or by the military and not by the NFL. Goodell is a piece of excrement.
tailgater Offline
#11 Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2016, 10:47 AM EST
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Teams were going to do something similar for the Ferguson riots.
But then the Rams moved to LA, and nobody realized that KC even had a team any more.

Sad no matter how you look at it.
teedubbya Offline
#12 Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2016, 10:51 AM EST
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KC has a team?
dstieger Offline
#13 Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2016, 11:06 AM EST
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Pretty sure the head of the Police Union went to NFL and begged them to put the stickers on any team OTHER than the girls.....that's what I heard, anyway
ZRX1200 Offline
#14 Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2016, 11:27 AM EST
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They have a strict uniform policy.
cacman Offline
#15 Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2016, 12:57 PM EST
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Keep politics out of football!

I absolutely hate watching a bunch of over-paid pansies prounce around in pink shoes, socks, wrist bands, etc. They might as well put on tu ti's with little pink flags on their hips.
DrafterX Offline
#16 Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2016, 1:10 PM EST
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that would be Victor's rugby team... Mellow
jjanecka Offline
#17 Posted: Fri, Aug 12 2016, 2:31 PM EST
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Yeah, he's one of those democrat pigs. I seen it in the other thread.
tailgater Offline
#18 Posted: Tue, Aug 16 2016, 1:34 PM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:
They have a strict uniform policy.


There is nothing uniform about their policies...
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