Jets CEO: Restricting player expression 'a fantastically bad idea'

Apparently, not every NFL executive thinks the same as Houston Texans owner Bob McNair when it comes to player activism.

New York Jets CEO Christopher Johnson, the team's acting owner while brother Woody acts as the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, didn't mince his words Sunday when asked about the NFL potentially implementing a rule to restrict players from expressing their social or political views.

"I can't speak to how other people run their teams, but I just think that trying to forcibly get the players to shut up is a fantastically bad idea," Johnson said, according to Kevin Seifert of ESPN.

McNair said he wasn't in favor of player activism after defending Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, who is under investigation for workplace misconduct, including sexually harassing female employees

"Our playing field, that's not the place for political statements, not the place for religious statements," McNair said.

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