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The that the team's owner, founder, and chairman Robert
C. (Bob) McNair has pa sed away. He was 81 years old. It
is with deep sadne
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Texans Founder, Senior Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer and philanthropist, Robert C. McNair pa sed away
peacefully in Houston today with his loving wife, Janice,
and his family by his side. Houston Texans
(@HoustonTexans) McNair is survived by his wife, Janice,
and their four children. The Texans released statements
on McNair's pa sing from team president Jamey Rootes,
general manager Brian Gaine, and coach Bill O'Brien.
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McNair ama sed his fortune after founding the
cogeneration company Cogen Technologies, which eventually
grew to become the largest privately-owned cogeneration
company in the world. McNair sold the company to Enron in
1999, two years before the Enron scandal. He was also
awarded the 32nd
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the Texans joined the league in 2002. McNair has served
as the team's owner for its entire existence.Both McNair
and his team flew under the radar during the early part
of his ownership tenure, and his
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limited to hosting Super Bowls and chairing the league's
finance committee. But McNair became an increasingly
controversial figure during recent years, largely due to
his political stances and comments on social i sues.He
was criticized for contributing $10,000 in 2015 to
Campaign for Houston, a political action committee that
opposed an ordinance whose aim was to protect Houstonians
from discrimination. (Most of the opposition to the
ordinance objected to gay and transgender residents
receiving protection from discrimination.) Backlash to
McNair's contribution was fierce, and McNair retracted
his support and requested that his contribution be
returned.A few years later, during an owners' meeting
regarding player protests of policy brutality and
systemic racism during the national anthem, McNair
reportedly stated that, "," seemingly referring to NFL
players. Public backlash against McNair was again swift
and fierce, and he soon apologized for using the expre
sion, though he claimed he was not referring to the
players as "inmates."Still, multiple Texans players --
including star wide receiver --
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months after the incident, however, McNair said that he
and that he believed, "I really didn't
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apologize for." He claimed that "inmates running the
prison" is a common expre sion in busine s and that the
general public simply did not understand that like he
did.McNair largely receded from public view this season
as he battled the multiple forms of skin cancer he had
dealt with for years. McNair's son, Cal, is the chief
operating officer of the Texans and is expected to
continue to run the team after his father's pa sing.
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