The Houston Texans issued a statement on Monday to deny a report that they will not sign players who protest during the national anthem.
Texans public relations staffer Amy Palcic posted a statement on her Twitter account that calls the report “categorically false and without merit.”
In response to inaccurate reports regarding potential free agent signings… pic.twitter.com/CvI67Y91Uo
— Amy Palcic (@amypalcic) March 6, 2018
Over the weekend, Houston Chronicle columnist Jerome Solomon reported that a few agents told him they got the sense the Texans are not interested in free agents who have participated in protests or are likely to do so in the future.
The Texans are owned by Bob McNair, who made highly-publicized controversial comments about players protesting during the anthem.
