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per Marcus:
The Gophers football team no longer stands on the field during the pregame national anthem, a practice that started after the game at Penn State on Oct. 1.
Then, as it is now, the debate about what role athletes play in voicing concern about social injustices was making its way coast to coast.
After San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick began sitting and then kneeling during the anthem in August in protest of police violence, several college players around the country followed his lead, including some Nebraska Cornhuskers during the national anthem on Sept. 24.
The change in plans for Gophers football, however, is not about making a statement, coach Tracy Claeys said recently. The belief within the program had been it was a Big Ten rule for teams to be on the field for the anthem. Upon learning that was not the case, Claeys said he made the change because he wanted to improve the team’s pregame strategy.
“Prior to the [Penn State] game, they kept both teams in the locker room until right before kickoff,” Claeys said. “The game started almost immediately when we took the field. I liked that routine and liked having the team together as long as possible before the start of the game.”
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...laeys-wanted-more-pregame-coaching/400578241/
Go Gophers!!
The Gophers football team no longer stands on the field during the pregame national anthem, a practice that started after the game at Penn State on Oct. 1.
Then, as it is now, the debate about what role athletes play in voicing concern about social injustices was making its way coast to coast.
After San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick began sitting and then kneeling during the anthem in August in protest of police violence, several college players around the country followed his lead, including some Nebraska Cornhuskers during the national anthem on Sept. 24.
The change in plans for Gophers football, however, is not about making a statement, coach Tracy Claeys said recently. The belief within the program had been it was a Big Ten rule for teams to be on the field for the anthem. Upon learning that was not the case, Claeys said he made the change because he wanted to improve the team’s pregame strategy.
“Prior to the [Penn State] game, they kept both teams in the locker room until right before kickoff,” Claeys said. “The game started almost immediately when we took the field. I liked that routine and liked having the team together as long as possible before the start of the game.”
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...laeys-wanted-more-pregame-coaching/400578241/
Go Gophers!!
