After the NFL recently announced that its two-month old national anthem policy has been put on hold while the league and the players' union attempt to negotiate a compromise, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones declared on Wednesday that his players will be required to stand on the field during the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner.'

'Our policy is you stand during the anthem, toe on the line,' Jones said in a press conference in Oxnard, California, where the Cowboys will training camp tomorrow.

Jones went on to say that President Donald Trump's continued interest in the controversy has been 'problematic.'

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones takes questions from the press on Wednesday in Oxnard, California, where the team will open training camp on Thursday. He said he will require players to be on the field - not in the locker room - and standing during the national anthem

The Cowboys are one of only a handful of teams who have not had a single player protest, besides September of last season, when Dallas players, Jones and the Arizona Cardinals locked arms and knelt before the anthem only to stand together as the song began to play

In May the league announced that a new policy would be implemented in response to the controversy surrounding players protesting inequality and police brutality by refusing to stand during The Star-Spangled Banner: players would now be permitted to stay in the locker room during the anthem, but those who are on the field will be required to stand, and teams could be fined for any personnel that fails to do so.

Teams would then have the power to fine players individually.

Jones has been critical of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and the handling of the controversy – a sentiment shared by Trump.

'[Trump's] interest in what we're doing is problematic, from my chair, and I would say in general the owners' chair,' Jones said, as quoted byESPN. 'It's unprecedented, if you really think about it. But like the very game itself, that's the way it is and we'll deal with it.

'We feel strongly about how we deal with it and we'll do so accordingly, but, yes, I, like everybody, would like for it to go away.'

The Cowboys are one of only a handful of teams who have not had a single player protest, besides September of last season, when Dallas players, Jones and the Arizona Cardinals locked arms and knelt before the anthem only to stand together as the song began to play.

Outside of that single incident – which was in response to Trump's criticism of the protests during a rally in Alabama – Jones has remained very critical of the protests, and even threatened to bench any player who knelt.

Trump has criticized the NFL since last September about the national anthem controversy

On July 19, hours after The Associated Press reported that Miami Dolphins players who protest on the field during the anthem could be suspended for up to four games under new team policy, the league and the players union issued a joint statement, saying the two sides are negotiating the matter.

'The NFL and NFLPA, through recent discussions, have been working on a resolution to the anthem issue,' the statement read. 'In order to allow this constructive dialogue to continue, we have come to a standstill agreement on the NFLPA's grievance and on the NFL's anthem policy.

Jones has been critical of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and the handling of the controversy – a sentiment shared by Trump

'No new rules relating to the anthem will be issued or enforced for the next several weeks while these confidential discussions are ongoing,' the statement continued.

'The NFL and NFLPA reflect the great values of America, which are repeatedly demonstrated by the many players doing extraordinary work in communities across our country to promote equality, fairness and justice.

'Our shared focus will remain on finding a solution to the anthem issue through mutual, good faith commitments, outside of litigation.'

None of the team policies had been made public until the AP obtained a copy of Miami's nine-page discipline document.

It included a one-sentence section on 'Proper Anthem Conduct' and was provided to the AP by a person familiar with the policy who insisted on anonymity because the document is not public. It classifies anthem protests under a large list of 'conduct detrimental to the club,' all of which could lead to a paid or unpaid suspension, a fine or both.

The Dolphins said in a statement: 'The NFL required each team to submit their rules regarding the anthem before their players reported to training camp. We will address this issue once the season starts. All options are still open.'

Giants co-owner Steve Tisch told The Hollywood Reporter at a recent premiere that Trump 'has no understanding of why they take a knee or why they're protesting'

In May the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell (left) changed course and announced a new policy: Players will no longer be required to be on the field during the anthem – a rule that began in 2009 – but anyone on the field of play will be required to stand. Teams can be fined for any personnel not standing, and they have the right to fine players individually. Giants CEO and co-owner John Mara (right) said he believes the NFL's new anthem policy was the right move. However, the league recently announced that it will put the new policy on hold while it negotiates with the NFL players Association on a compromise

San Francisco 49ers players are seen protesting by kneeling during the National Anthem prior to the start of the NFL game October 1, 2017

Trump recently demanded on Twitter that the '$40,000,000 commissioner' of the NFL suspend players for a whole season if they kneel during national anthem more than once.

Colin Kaepernick (right) ignited the controversy in 2016 when he refused to stand during the national anthem as a way to protest inequality and police brutality

'The NFL National Anthem Debate is alive and well again - can't believe it!,' Trump wrote in the tweet.

Giants co-owner Steve Tisch told The Hollywood Reporter at a recent premiere that Trump 'has no understanding of why they take a knee or why they're protesting.'

'Hopefully he'll have much more going on that he's going have to deal with and should deal with and must deal with than worrying about what NFL players do,' Tisch said.

Beginning with a September rally in Alabama, Trump has turned the controversy over the protests into a constant theme.

The protests began in 2016 when then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem as a way to raise awareness about inequality and police brutality against minorities.

The demonstrations were primarily a reaction to the deaths of African-American men at the hands of law enforcement.

The NFL did not institute any rule requiring players to stand for the anthem during the 2017 season, which resulted in further criticism from Trump.

Donald and Melania Trump pictured alongside the late Giants owner Wellington Mara (far left) as well as the late Giants running back Frank Gifford (far right) and his son Cody

In May, however, the NFL and Goodell changed course and announced the new policy, which Trump has since criticized.

'I think in many respects, that's worse,' Trump said on July 5. 'Isn't that worse than not standing? I think that's worse… I actually think in many ways it's worse.'

The Giants other co-owner, president and CEO John Mara, told Sirius in May that he thought the new policy was the right move.

'We've been supportive of those in the past who have decided to protest, but I think we've gotten to a point now where it's become such a divisive issue that I think it's important that we come out of here with a policy that everybody can respect and adhere to,' said Mara.

Protests during the national anthem were not unheard of before 2016.

Former NBA player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf refused to stand for the anthem in 1996 because, he explained, he saw the flag as a symbol of tyranny. After receiving several fines, Abdul-Rauf and the league eventually worked out a compromise where he would stand in prayer during the anthem.

Two years later he left the NBA to play for Istanbul's Fenerbahçe.

Even Jackie Robinson expressed misgivings about the national anthem in his autobiography, 'I Never Had It Made,' with Alfred Duckett in 1972.

'I cannot stand and sing the anthem,' wrote Robinson, who broke Major League Baseball's color barrier when he debuted for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. 'I cannot salute the flag; I know that I am a black man in a white world. In 1972, in 1947, at my birth in 1919, I know that I never had it made.'