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by Josh Ford | 24NewsPresident David Olive of Bluefield College received news that the school’s basketball players continued to kneel during the National Anthem despite him telling them to stop immediately or face consequences.Some players continued to kneel as they reportedly believe it’s their way to take a stand against racial injustice.However, Olive shot back that the protesting reflects poorly on the school. He informed the team that he is suspending multiple players who refused to stop kneeling.“The basis for my decision stemmed from my own awareness of how kneeling is perceived by some in our country, and I did...

The players claim that a pro-Trump rally held near the campus shows that some protests are OK with the school. But the school pointed out that the Trump rally was held on city streets, not college grounds. That didn’t satisfy the players: “So it’s OK for everyone to have a Trump rally with Confederate flags, but it’s not OK for us to kneel for our people who’ve fallen,” Christian said. “He didn’t have an answer for that.” This is the mind of a child in the body of a college athlete. The Trump rally was not on the college grounds....