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Quinn: Anthem Protests 'Might Come up' With Cowboys' Jones
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By Associated Press
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July 30, 2019

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OXNARD — Dallas defensive end Robert Quinn says he chose his new team before an offseason trade from Miami because it felt like the right fit when he visited the Cowboys.
There remains one issue unaddressed with owner Jerry Jones: protesting during the national anthem.
Quinn raised his fist during the anthem while he was with the Rams and then the Dolphins. Jones has always taken a hard stance against such displays by his players, saying a year ago at training camp: “Our policy is that you stand at the anthem, toe on the line.”
Quinn said he hasn’t addressed the topic yet with Jones.
“It might come up,” Quinn told The Associated Press on Sunday when asked if he planned to discuss it with Jones. “Right now, it’s not on my mind. I’m here to play football right now. Focus on my new journey.”
Asked if he and Jones had to get on the same page on the issue before the season, Quinn told the AP, “I don’t know. You’ll have to talk to Jerry about that one.” Jones declined to comment Monday.
The Cowboys open the regular season at home against the New York Giants on Sept. 8. Their preseason opener is Aug. 10 in San Francisco.

NFL Quickly Scrapped Proposed Compromise

Since Colin Kaepernick sparked the debate in 2016 by kneeling during “The Star-Spangled Banner,” players have been kneeling, sitting or raising fists during the anthem to protest police brutality, social injustice and racial inequality. Quinn said he grew frustrated with the reporting on the issue during his time with the Dolphins because he thought the message getting out was too much about “war and prison.”
“Until we start talking about peace, love and happiness, this world will never get better,” Quinn said. “That’s my message. To you and whoever wants to listen, my message is peace, love and happiness. If you can’t find peace, love and happiness within yourself, you’ll never find it in somebody else.

“Until we start talking about peace, love and happiness, this world will never get better. That’s my message.  If you can’t find peace, love and happiness within yourself, you’ll never find it in somebody else.” — Dallas defensive end Robert Quinn
“As sorry as it is, the type of world we live in, we’ve just got to, again, like I said, peace love and happiness within yourself. Just try to make the best out of every day. It’s frustrating. But only so much you can control. I got my family I need to take care of and some other folks. It sucks the way this world is. You can’t fight a war by yourself.”
Last year, the NFL quickly scrapped a proposed compromise that would have allowed players to stay in the locker room during the anthem while subjecting them to potential punishment for any displays during the anthem.
Jones said he wouldn’t even support players staying in the locker room, then offered his “toe on the line” declaration. A year earlier, the outspoken billionaire was the first owner to suggest a player would be benched for protesting during the anthem.
The closest any Dallas player has come to protesting during the anthem came in 2017 when defensive linemen David Irving and Damontre Moore raised their fists briefly as the song ended. They weren’t disciplined. Neither player is still with the Cowboys, but their departures weren’t related to issues over the anthem.

Quinn Chose the Cowboys Over New Orleans

When the anthem issue flared again early in the 2017 season following strong criticism of the players by President Donald Trump, the Cowboys decided on a show of unity before a game in Arizona. Before the anthem was played, Jones knelt with the players in a long line of locked arms. They stood before the anthem started.
Jones has said he understands the point of view of players who have said they weren’t protesting the flag or the military. But that didn’t change his strong views about the flag.
“The priority is about the flag, and be real clear about that,” he said last year.
Quinn chose the Cowboys over the New Orleans Saints after the Dolphins tried to clear payroll in a youth movement under new coach Brian Flores. The 29-year-old Quinn was due for a base salary of $11.8 million with Miami this year, the last season of a $57 million, four-year deal he signed while still with the Rams. He agreed on an $8 million, one-year deal with Dallas, with $6 million guaranteed.
“Literally, it was the feeling I got when I just walked in both buildings,” Quinn said. “I don’t think I could have went wrong either way. There’s a reason my gut brought me here. Clearly it’s my destiny.”
Quinn, a first-round pick by the Rams in 2011 out of North Carolina, has 69 sacks in eight seasons.

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