[hobblemaster]

Presure a little too hot for you sweetheart?

[trebb]

"It's not about whether she loves the country, doesn't love the country. It's just her personal feeling about the possibility of war."

Sure, and when they start accepting that kind of argument for "hate" crimes, I just might (probably won't) buy it for these America-hating commies.

[mhking]

That's an easy one - You can either keep up your "protest" in the stands, or you can play basketball - you can't do both. She knew where here bread was buttered...

[kcordell]

"I would much rather have the attention focused on our team."

B... S...! She saw how much attention that other little brat got and she wanted some for herself.

[TomB]

Anti-flag act wouldn't fly in some places

Connecticut women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma says if Toni Smith were on his team, she wouldn't be for long.

Smith is the player for Manhattanville College who has refused to face the flag during the national anthem before games.

Auriemma told The Hartford Courant: "The flag is a symbol of what we stand for. Anybody who does (what Smith has), they have the right to do it, but to me it's disrespectful and ... I would have that right not to have that person on the team. Then they can sue me and say, 'You're denying me my rights.' "

Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw told the Courant: "I think it's important to respect the flag, especially at this time. I would not condone any of my players doing anything like (Smith has)."

One of Auriemma's players felt differently. "If that's what she believes in, I don't see a problem," Diana Taurasi said. "I don't think there are enough people who stand up and actually say what they want to say."

Responded Auriemma: "That's what made our country what it is. You're allowed to have your opinions. That's great. But once you join a team, I think you waive some of your rights. As a team, we all buy into certain things collectively."

I salute McGraw and Auriemma.

[YOMO]

"It sounds like it was spontaneous and she hadn't really thought it through…" .............................

Yeah, let's see. Basketball or political BS Stand?
I attend an AMERICAN School especially in time of crisis.
How many of the Alum paying my Scholarship will I Pi$$ off?
I guess I will be a "Team Player" after all.

They should suspend her for three games minimum to give her something to think about for the future.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

"It sounds like it was spontaneous and she hadn't really thought it through…"

This girl has many lessons to learn.

What galls me though is someone who lacks the courage of their convictions. She did this for a reason. She should at least have the guts to stand up for her own beliefs.

Now she is even less worthy of any respect.

[YourAdHere]

She's a member of my new organization - "Students for Extra Credit Against the War."

[FreeTally]

"It sounds like it was spontaneous and she hadn't really thought it through…"

Yeh, this total non-story of Toni Smith is covered on ESPN on a daily basis, giving a complete nobody national attention, and this dweeb "Didn't think it through"? Yeh, right. She saw a chance for attention.

[freekitty]

These children should be treated for what they are; children.

[goldstategop]

Liberals have no real convictions on anything. Apply a lil heat to them and they fold like a cheap suit. And they wonder why people have no respect for them. Like they'll ever learn. ;-)

[AppyPappy]

Hoo bump

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

No Hoos is good news.

GO HOKIES!

[zbogwan2]

Just let Deidra turn her back on the flag of Iraq while she's in Iraq. She'd be a statistic rather quickly I'm sure.

[FirstTomato]

These people who turn their backs on the flag want publicity, then can't stand the heat and retreat. Reminds me of the cowardly "human shields" who just came rushing back from Bagdad. When called upon to have the convictions of their beliefs, they back down in fear.

Same for the Hollywood types. It seems that all these America haters take advantage of their own freedoms, of the Constitution protections they have, of their country, and of the liberty that our military has paid for with their blood; then spit on those same advantages.

When they are exposed to the light, at first they are arrogant, then they get nervous. They can't reconcile their beliefs with reality. They are spoiled, ungrateful wretches who don't have the character to stand up for what they supposedly believe, because at the core they believe in nothing but saving their own butts.

[sport]

They should kick the bitch off the team.

[Bonaparte]

She will never be cadre material.

[Dont Mention the War]

"It sounds like it was spontaneous and she hadn't really thought it through…"

The very definition of liberalism.