The National Football League is supposed to be composed of tough men playing a tough game, but the head office is populated by executives who bow to political whims.

The Dallas Cowboys affixed decals to their helmets honoring the five police officers who were slain in the Dallas sniper shooting. On the opening day of training camp, players walked arm-in-arm with police officers and family members of the slain during a ceremony revealing the “Arm in Arm” decal.

The reaction of the head honchos at the NFL? No dice. The decal goes off before the Cowboys’ preseason game with the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday.

NFL executive vice president Stephen Jones explained,

“Everyone has to be uniform with the league and the other 31 teams. We respect their decision.

There are so many wonderful, wonderful causes, the league has to be careful. If you allow one, then what do you do about every team that has a great reason to have something on their helmets?

There are tons of things out there that need to be recognized. Once you open that Pandora’s box, how do you ever stop?”

Oh, really?