Bob McNair Met With Texans To Apologize For “Inmate” Comment

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Saturday morning, Houston Texans owner Bob McNair met with the team to apologize for his “inmates” comment. McNair also issued a public apology on Friday, following the release of the report, which revealed McNair said, “We can’t have the inmates running the prison,” in reference to the league’s ongoing National Anthem controversy. His statement received widespread backlash, with many Texans refusing to show up to work because of it. However, McNair still wanted to sit down with the team to apologize and explain and express his regret.
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“I know they were upset,” McNair said. “I wanted to answer their questions. I told them if I had to do it over again, I wouldn’t use that expression.”
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“I let them know that No. 1, the last thing I want to be is a distraction to the team,” he told Fox 26. “If any of the players were offended by what was reported, I’m sorry about that, and I apologized to them for that. We need to just work together going forward.”
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Now, according to ESPN, a team source has said the team will meet later tonight “to discuss a demonstration tomorrow,” but everyone is still expected to travel to Seattle.
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“When it happened, there’s a thousand emotions going through your mind,” Duane Brown said on Friday. “Obviously, one of the emotions is to leave the building immediately. [But] we decided to go to work. The situation’s not over. It’s something that we’ll reconvene and talk about again, but we had practice today.”
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It will be interesting to see what the players do on Sunday.