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StlLVF Saw first game in 1976
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Are we fans of college sports ready to accept symbolic social protests during sporting events? I expect that every college president and coaching staffs, including the LVs, have addressed, been real, concerning the ongoing events in the NFL over kneeling and social protesting.
Several years ago Notre Dame women basketball players wore t-shirts and locked arms in support of their beliefs regarding social justice. Last year the University of Missouri football team boycott was major in bringing about changes at that university. At a small college a football player was dismissed for kneeling and then the College President apologized that the decision violated their college's founding principles.
NFL tv watching is down 15% in Texas based on players kneeling during the National Anthem. $15 billion yearly industry.
TN is in the national news regarding protests and counter protests in nearby Shelbyville.
I offer this current topic for discussion not to be divisive or big P political but as a topic that has already effected the fan base of NFL. And the probability that protests might impact players, college students and the fan base of individuals older than college students. You the fan, could besitting in the stands and players from the opposing team kneel, or the pep band, or members your LVs.
And before you dismiss the topic as irrelevant - look back at the history of SEC universities in accepting athletes of color; and the accompanying protests years before formally approved by the Board/Chancellor
Several years ago Notre Dame women basketball players wore t-shirts and locked arms in support of their beliefs regarding social justice. Last year the University of Missouri football team boycott was major in bringing about changes at that university. At a small college a football player was dismissed for kneeling and then the College President apologized that the decision violated their college's founding principles.
NFL tv watching is down 15% in Texas based on players kneeling during the National Anthem. $15 billion yearly industry.
TN is in the national news regarding protests and counter protests in nearby Shelbyville.
I offer this current topic for discussion not to be divisive or big P political but as a topic that has already effected the fan base of NFL. And the probability that protests might impact players, college students and the fan base of individuals older than college students. You the fan, could besitting in the stands and players from the opposing team kneel, or the pep band, or members your LVs.
And before you dismiss the topic as irrelevant - look back at the history of SEC universities in accepting athletes of color; and the accompanying protests years before formally approved by the Board/Chancellor
