Maybe there is a reason the only thing certain people know how to do well is put a ball through a hoop, like a seal.
…before the game on February 9, the players decided to kneel for the anthem. College President David Olive told the coach, “there would be consequences for the actions of the players for violating the College policy.” Those consequences involved suspending the entire team and forfeiting a game.
In a statement, Olive said his decision to suspend the entire team was based “on my own awareness of how kneeling is perceived by some in our country, and I did not think a number of our alumni, friends, and donors of the College would view the act of kneeling during the anthem in a positive way.”
The players claim that a pro-Trump rally held near the campus shows that some protests are OK with the school. But the school pointed out that the Trump rally was held on city streets, not college grounds.
That didn’t satisfy the players: “So it’s OK for everyone to have a Trump rally with Confederate flags, but it’s not OK for us to kneel for our people who’ve fallen,” Christian said. “He didn’t have an answer for that.”
This is the mind of a child in the body of a college athlete. The Trump rally was not on the college grounds. The school had no connection with it. Olive tried to explain that to all the children on campus.
“We are a private entity, not a governmental entity,” Olive said in his statement. “We have policies and guidelines throughout the student handbook and the academic catalog that limit certain rights you otherwise might have elsewhere, such as in your home or in a public venue. The most important to me as it pertains to this matter, however, is what I shared earlier. When someone puts on a uniform or is performing a function on behalf of Bluefield College, that person is now representing Bluefield College. Heightened expectations are now placed on that individual as to what s/he can and cannot do or say as a representative of the College.”
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I think most of the players are still slack-jawed, mouth-breathing and repeating endlessly- “but it’s okay to have a Trump rally.”
Morons.
ht/ cracker baby
Punks. They are the driftwood of society. Kneel all you want, it will look good in the Food Stamp line at your local Welfare office.
Reminds me of what my brother’s college roommate once said. Well before computer registration for classes at college, the roommate was sitting at a registration table. He looked at the information handed to him by someone who was obviously on one of the college’s teams (probably football, but could have been basketball) and said, “Oh, I see you are majoring in Physical Education.”
The response was, “No, PE.”
I was a kneeler in college … I never had a problem with my grasp.
Me neither, Petey … me neither … but I was a kneeler before it was cool!
What do you call the star running back who blew out his knee before graduation? Janitor.
Birds gotta fly…
They just do what they’re taught – or rewarded for.
Our country fell apart on GOP watch. They were instumental in its fall. And they profited, and continue to profit from the fall.
“Christian said he’s hopeful the public debate over the protests will force Bluefield to enact important changes, including hiring more Black faculty and staff and establishing more student groups to discuss and engage on important issues of social justice”.
Wait I thought this was about cops murdering unarmed black boys? So essentially Christian, fearless leader that he is, is willing to lead his teammates over the cliff, forgo a chance at a title, because he’s passionate about community college hiring practices.
Ha ha ha ha ha! Do you think they learned anything?
Gee, looks like they have only one token White guy on the team. Pretty RACIST if you axe me.
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These guys thinks it’s OK to kneel. After all, Harris go to become VP by starting that way.
“but it’s okay to have a Trump rally.”
Yes. You are performing an Anti-America thing.
Trump is the opposite of that.
What about this do you not understand?
Screw you and your agenda of destruction and division.
Be thankful you aren’t getting your commie azz kicked every day you show it to the public.
Truth be told, there is NO way the first sentence of this thread could be improved! 2MM ^s!