Posted on 02/13/2021 10:10:52 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Several college basketball players were suspended by their school for kneeling during the national anthem, forcing the team to forfeit their game.
Members of the Bluefield College basketball team, which plays in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics league, were suspended by school president David Olive before a game Thursday once he learned that the players had been kneeling for the anthem after being specifically told not to, according to the New York Post.
“The basis for my decision stemmed from 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,” Olive said in a statement.
Olive said he found out the players knelt for the anthem before a game on Feb. 1 and told the coach to have the team stop, but the players took a knee again before a game the next day.
Some student-athletes at the school were reportedly upset about Olive’s decision and say they were told by school officials they were permitted to kneel.
“Why would our school contradict what they said?” Jewels Gray, a football player at Bluefield College, said about the controversy. “We had meetings before the season with [the athletic director] and the president, and they stated that we can kneel, and they’d support and be behind us, 100%.”
Olive said he understands the player's perspective but argued that the message isn’t being heard when they choose to protest during the national anthem.
“I have heard and I understand the perspective of our players as to why they desire to kneel during the national anthem,” Olive said. “I also know this form of protest immediately shuts down a number of individuals from listening to the intended...
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Wow, a school President with gonads. When did hell freeze over?
This is how it should have been crom the start.
Looks like some of the big donors had a little “heart to heart” with the Prez—_that_ is how we win...
“Cut out the f*&^ing kneeling or kiss our cash good-bye. This is not a discussion. This is a fact.”
He’s gonna be gone by next week once $bm starts their campaign.
Partway there. Then forfeiture of any school based scholarship or flat out expulsion.
Give the scholarship to someone deserving.
Prissy white guilt had it’s 15 minutes - it’s time to move on...
I think I just saw a pig fly across the parking lot...
The DOJ Civil Rights Div. and FBI just woke up. Pre-dawn raid, with CNN in tow, to follow.
That’s an excellent idea. Forfeit their scholarship. If they believe so strongly then they should be willing to sacrifice and not just make worthless gestures.
I get your drift, but it also could have been any number of actual pigs, like clinton, pelosi, waters, warren...Maybe if you’d gotten the plates on the broom.
“Wow, a school President with gonads. When did hell freeze over?”
Pretty doggone cold here in NE Texas right now...
Expel them.
This is probably the most valuable economics lesson the college ever provided a student.
You crossed the line when you hurt the bottom line......which probably pays the scholarships you illiterate fools need to even attend college.
Now you can play fetch on your own time, with your own dime.
.... players had been kneeling for the anthem AFTER being specifically told not to.....
Play by the ‘rules’ or else...period!
Excellent, now suspend them from classes for the rest of the year, fail them for the year, and revoke any scholarships.
But leave 'em with their student loan debt.
Excellent! congratulations to the school president of Bluefield College
Bluefield, West by God Virginia.
This isn't a school president with gonads. The anti-kneeling is directed by the Democrats because it turned against them and they want it to go away as though it never happened.
Black Americans are very aware that they got played by white Antifa punks with skateboards colluding with Communist Black Lives MatterTM.
Just Virginia. Had to look myself because I couldn’t believe this would happen in WV.
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