re: Michael Bennett toes the line for the anthem

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Once he convinced the owners to forego taking less money from the TV networks and reopen bidding (that's when Fox got into the business), he made them filthy rich beyond filthy rich. So they may not like him personally but they're thankful (in their own way).

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I can be fairly critical of him. I was a "You don't fire Tom Landry" guy, and it only got worse after he "fired" Jimmy Johnson. Once I read some accounts about how Jimmy really was 50% of the problem, I cut him some slack. Once I watched Jerry's episode of "A Football Life" (admittedly, a fluff piece), I got an appreciation for how much he put everything he had on the line to buy the Cowboys before sports franchises were such a big thing.

As far as the "group kneel", I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that this was a "get it over with and move on" thing. Show that he was not oblivious or indifferent to the issue, but was not willing to let it drag on ad infinitum.

I still wish he'd hire a real GM that would fire Garrett.