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Kennesaw State pays former cheerleader Tommia Dean $145K to settle anthem lawsuit
ESPN ^ | 12/5/19

Posted on 12/06/2019 11:54:03 AM PST by Meatspace

KENNESAW, Ga. -- Kennesaw State University's decision to remove its cheerleaders from the field after they protested police brutality during the national anthem has cost Georgia taxpayers $145,000 in a legal settlement.

Former KSU cheerleader Tommia Dean settled her lawsuit and will get $93,000 of the award, with the rest going to her attorneys, The Marietta Daily Journal reported after obtaining the settlement through an Open Records Act request.

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KEYWORDS: anthem; cheerleaders; education; georgia; kennesawstateu; sports; tommiadean
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

yes....disband the cheerleaders and make it a university standard that certain behaviors are to be followed when wearing the uniform of the university....


21 posted on 12/06/2019 12:23:49 PM PST by cherry
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To: Meatspace

Kennesaw State University should immediately disband its cheerleading squad.

If doing the right thing gets you sued - then eliminate the very thing that caused the problem.


22 posted on 12/06/2019 12:28:10 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: BBQToadRibs

So why are they here?

Can always move to Nigeria.

No one holding on to them.

As for Kenesaw State, if the sports program is just supposed to be an anti-American political protest, just cancel it.

They ain’t doin sports nohow, and it’s not an entitlement.


23 posted on 12/06/2019 12:29:34 PM PST by Regulator
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To: BBQToadRibs

Holy Crap!

Did you increase the width of that picture? Or are them gals that wide?


24 posted on 12/06/2019 12:29:45 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: Meatspace
The school responded by ordering the cheerleaders to stay out of view before several subsequent games began. They were allowed back onto the field during the anthem when the University System of Georgia determined their protests were protected by the U.S. Constitution.

They should have just dismissed them from the squad. Certainly they have a 1st Amendment right to do so, but the school (should) has the right to expect respectful behavior.

25 posted on 12/06/2019 12:32:45 PM PST by libertylover (Democrats hated Lincoln too.)
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To: Meatspace

So Tommia was the only cheerleader to get paid?


26 posted on 12/06/2019 12:33:15 PM PST by pnz1 (Our indulgence with you ran out a long time ago.)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

Do it now. Hell just cancel all sports programs. Screw these snowflakes.


27 posted on 12/06/2019 12:33:33 PM PST by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. https://youtu.be/V12H2mteniE)
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To: hanamizu

Just saw that. Just sad.


28 posted on 12/06/2019 12:35:31 PM PST by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. https://youtu.be/V12H2mteniE)
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To: immadashell

29 posted on 12/06/2019 12:44:56 PM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Menehune56
I will post my pic of Imus and just not say anything else...


30 posted on 12/06/2019 12:48:01 PM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: Meatspace

if they took the knee to pray?


31 posted on 12/06/2019 12:55:49 PM PST by stylin19a ((2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever))
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To: Meatspace

I hope that Tommia Dean will receive what she deserves, both from this court award and from life. Anyone who openly disrespects our flag, our anthem, our military, our country, and our ancestors should not be paid for her act of evil.


32 posted on 12/06/2019 1:49:29 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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