Shooter: Word is a top U official directed team to be on sideline for National Anthem

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Not sure what an extra 4 minutes of coaching can accomplish.

Bring them in 5 minutes earlier if it's an issue.

Noticed something was up and indeed both the home and visiting teams were out there today.
 

Claeys said in the post game press conference that they got many complaints about it so they decided to just go back out for the Anthem.

Shouldn't bother Shooter though. Probably been years since he attended a game. :D
 


I thought the real reason they stayed in the locker room was so they wouldn't have to deal with players refusing to stand for the anthem. Am I a cynic?
 


everybody knows my name said:
I thought the real reason they stayed in the locker room was so they wouldn't have to deal with players refusing to stand for the anthem. Am I a cynic?
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If the administration were acting in their self-interest they would keep the team inside. The U can ill-afford to drive away any more of its fan base, and the team pissing on those that are pro-vet, pro-miltary or however you want to frame the Kaep debate (a proud neo-marxist) would certainly do that to some extent. Maybe the coach had a discussion about respect, teamwork, sacrifice, and it won't be a problem.
 



everybody knows my name said:
I thought the real reason they stayed in the locker room was so they wouldn't have to deal with players refusing to stand for the anthem. Am I a cynic?
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I was at a HS game this year where a couple players from Edina (no kidding) knelt during the NA. 3 or 4 adults sitting behind me started swearing and discussing how they would love to knock those (teenage) kids out. In that context I wouldn't blame TC or any coach for removing their players from that situation.


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You get to "protest" when you are representing yourself. Freedom of speech and expression are personal rights ONLY.

You don't get to "protest" when you are representing a organization. Ever. Your employer, coach, principal, president etc. can tell you to stuff it at their whim. And right fully so.
 


Well, it's on Wikipedia so hard to argue with it


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piffle_dragon said:
LOL. This isn't even close to being true.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker_v._Des_Moines_Independent_Community_School_District
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It's partially true. Students and government employees have free speech protection with some exceptions (military officers are expected to be publicly politically neutral although this hasn't always been enforced).

OTOH, and this is important, private sector employees have a constitutional right to free speech, but they do not have a constitutional right to a job.

Customers of a company, football team, etc can choose to spend their money elsewhere if they don't agree with a company employee's or public university football player's protected speech. It would be smart for the administration to avoid agitating their paying fan base.
 



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