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nfl fears resegregation into two leagues
league number one consists of owners and players left after all who kneel are fired
league number consists of all owners and players who kneel
the quest for cash is great
if jerry jones was interested in equality he would help see that nassau otb is open without religious preference when. tracks are running across the us that bettors want to bet
Stop scratching on holidays Published: June 1, 2012
Off Track Betting in New York State has been racing into a crisis called shrinking revenue. Some people have spitballed a solution: Don’t close on holidays. New York State Racing Law bars racing on Christmas, Easter and Palm Sunday, and the state has ruled OTBs can’t handle action on those days, even though they could easily broadcast races from out of state. “You should be able to bet whenever you want,” said Jackson Leeds, a Nassau OTB employee who makes an occasional bet. He added some irrefutable logic: “How is the business going to make money if you’re not open to take people’s bets?” Elias Tsekerides, president of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, said OTB is open on Greek Orthodox Easter and Palm Sunday. “I don’t want discrimination,” Tsekerides said. “They close for the Catholics, but open for the Greek Orthodox? It’s either open for all or not open.” OTB officials have said they lose millions by closing on Palm Sunday alone, with tracks such as Gulfstream, Santa Anita, Turf Paradise and Hawthorne running. One option: OTBs could just stay open and face the consequences. New York City OTB did just that back in 2003. The handle was about $1.5 million – and OTB was fined $5,000. Easy money.
The entire Dallas Cowboys team — along with owner Jerry Jones — locked arms and took a knee on the field before Monday Night Football’s national anthem.
The Cowboys then retreated to the sidelines and locked arms again during Jordin Sparks’ rendition of the anthem. The Arizona Cardinals also locked arms during the anthem in a show of unity.
The ownership of “America’s Team” told ESPN they were taking a knee “as a statement of equality and representation of unity.”
The incident comes amid a national firestorm that was sparked after critical remarks from President Trump about the players kneeling.
Jones, the owner of “America’s Team,” is a supporter of President Trump. He said on Sunday that players should not kneel during the anthem.
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