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per Randy:
Football and politics collided head-on over the weekend, when President Donald Trump’s criticism of NFL players taking a knee during the national anthem to protest racial injustice sparked a firestorm of reaction.
In college football, this debate largely has been avoided, in large part because unlike in the NFL, where teams are required to be on the sidelines, many teams, including the Gophers, remain in their locker room while “The Star-Spangled Banner’’ is played.
P.J. Fleck, in his first year as Minnesota’s coach after four at Western Michigan, always has had his teams remain in the locker room. It’s a matter of timing, he said Tuesday.
“The time constraints made me feel like it wasn’t necessary that we’d be able to do that. That’s the only reason why I’ve never been out there,’’ Fleck said. “Your team stands out there for 10 more minutes; I’d rather have them in there resting.’’
Instead, Fleck gives his players time to reflect in the locker room while the anthem is played.
“We give our players moments of silence in our locker room that they can do whatever they want with,’’ Fleck said, “whether they want to pray or whether they just want to have a moment of silence, whether they want to take a knee. … They have the right to do all of that.’’
http://www.startribune.com/the-goph...d-on-sidelines-for-national-anthem/448107053/
Go Gophers!!
Football and politics collided head-on over the weekend, when President Donald Trump’s criticism of NFL players taking a knee during the national anthem to protest racial injustice sparked a firestorm of reaction.
In college football, this debate largely has been avoided, in large part because unlike in the NFL, where teams are required to be on the sidelines, many teams, including the Gophers, remain in their locker room while “The Star-Spangled Banner’’ is played.
P.J. Fleck, in his first year as Minnesota’s coach after four at Western Michigan, always has had his teams remain in the locker room. It’s a matter of timing, he said Tuesday.
“The time constraints made me feel like it wasn’t necessary that we’d be able to do that. That’s the only reason why I’ve never been out there,’’ Fleck said. “Your team stands out there for 10 more minutes; I’d rather have them in there resting.’’
Instead, Fleck gives his players time to reflect in the locker room while the anthem is played.
“We give our players moments of silence in our locker room that they can do whatever they want with,’’ Fleck said, “whether they want to pray or whether they just want to have a moment of silence, whether they want to take a knee. … They have the right to do all of that.’’
http://www.startribune.com/the-goph...d-on-sidelines-for-national-anthem/448107053/
Go Gophers!!