{"id":1716259,"date":"2022-10-29T06:30:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T10:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1716259"},"modified":"2022-10-29T11:34:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T15:34:33","slug":"lebron-james-says-hes-not-a-cowboys-fan-due-to-teams-stance-on-kneeling-during-national-anthem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebron-james-says-hes-not-a-cowboys-fan-due-to-teams-stance-on-kneeling-during-national-anthem\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebron James Says He\u2019s Not a Cowboys\u2019 Fan Due to Team\u2019s Stance on Kneeling During National Anthem"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flebron-james-says-hes-not-a-cowboys-fan-due-to-teams-stance-on-kneeling-during-national-anthem%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1716259&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>LeBron James was one of the most well-known, passionate Dallas Cowboys fans out there. The keyword there is \u2018was.\u2019 James recently explained he\u2019s no longer a Cowboys fan due to the team\u2019s stance on kneeling during the national anthem.<\/p>\n<p>James was essentially the director of the political theatre that went on during the 2020 NBA season and knelt during the playing of the anthem before games. Sending a message about racial injustice was a top priority for many professional athletes in the wake of George Floyd\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/lebron-james-sofia-franklyn-cheating-on-wife-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PODCASTER ACCUSES LEBRON JAMES OF CHEATING ON HIS WIFE<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>While NBA commissioner Adam Silver allowed players to essentially do and say whatever they wanted, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had a differing opinion when it came to kneeling during the anthem.<\/p>\n<p>James disagreed with Jones\u2019 opinion and has since cut ties with Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was just a lot of things that was going on during when guys were kneeling, and guys were having freedom of speech,\u201d James <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/lebron-james-says-he-dropped-cowboys-fandom-teams-stance-kneeling-national-anthem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey wanted to do it in a very peaceful manner. A lot of people in their front office and a lot of people that ran the organization was like, \u2018If you do that around here, then you will never play for this franchise again.\u2019 And I just didn\u2019t think that was appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James, an Ohio native, is now \u201call in on the Browns.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1227996542.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-428204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1227996542.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1227996542-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1227996542-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1227996542-561x374-1.jpg 561w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-1227996542-265x177.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1227996542-531x354-1.jpg 531w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1227996542-364x243-1.jpg 364w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1227996542-728x486-1.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1227996542-608x406-1.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1227996542-758x506-1.jpg 758w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-1227996542-72x48.jpg 72w, https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-1227996542-144x96.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1227996542-600x400-1.jpg 600w\" \/><figcaption>LeBron James and other Laker teammates kneel during the national anthem inside the NBA bubble in 2020. (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant\/NBAE via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Cowboys did kneel during the playing of the national anthem during the 2017 NFL season, but Jones shut that down after the game and made it clear disrespecting the flag was not an option.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"h-lebron-james-plays-the-victim-card-claims-the-media-is-trying-to-set-him-up\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/lebron-james-lakers-trail-blazers-media-complaint-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LEBRON JAMES PLAYS THE VICTIM CARD, CLAIMS THE MEDIA IS TRYING TO \u2018SET\u2019 HIM \u2018UP\u2019<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cI know this, we cannot, in the NFL\u00a0in any way, give the implication that we tolerate disrespecting the flag,\u201d Jones said at the time. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that there is a serious debate in this country about those issues, but there is no question in my mind that the National Football League and the Dallas Cowboys are going to stand up for the flag. So we\u2019re clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s safe to say Jones and others in the Cowboys\u2019 front office won\u2019t be losing any sleep over James leaving the fanbase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James was one of the most well-known, passionate Dallas Cowboys fans out there. 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