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NCAA players take a knee during national anthem
« on: March 19, 2021, 03:52:13 pm »
NCAA players take a knee during national anthem
By Celine Castronuovo - 03/19/21 03:45 PM EDT

Players for several teams in the NCAA Tournament took a knee during the national anthem as the first-round March Madness games kicked off Friday.

The Associated Press reported that most players for No. 16 seed Drexel knelt during the playing of the national anthem before they played Illinois at Indiana Farmers Coliseum.

Illinois later in the afternoon Friday beat out Drexel to advance to the second round.


Several Colgate players also took a knee before their game against No. 3 seed Arkansas at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Arkansas eventually won the matchup.

The AP noted that several players also took a knee at the Florida-Virginia Tech at Hinkle Fieldhouse, at which Florida came out victorious.

Kneeling during the national anthem has become an increasingly popular form of social activism among professional and college athletes.

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Re: NCAA players take a knee during national anthem
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2021, 04:32:40 am »
I'll take "How to get no one to give a damn about your sport" for $500, Alex!
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Re: NCAA players take a knee during national anthem
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2021, 01:19:49 pm »

Looks like one Drexel (the team at left) kid in each row didn't kneel.
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Re: NCAA players take a knee during national anthem
« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2021, 07:36:35 pm »
If the NCAA is going to allow this nonsense, then I am done with them too.  Let all sports go the way of the doddo bird.

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Re: NCAA players take a knee during national anthem
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2021, 09:20:16 am »
Georgetown, Drexel and Florida may take a knee if they like.
My team (which beat Florida last night), on the other hand, takes a different approach.  :whistle:

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Re: NCAA players take a knee during national anthem
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2021, 09:38:35 am »
Quote from: mountaineer on March 22, 2021, 09:20:16 am
Georgetown, Drexel and Florida may take a knee if they like.
My team (which beat Florida last night), on the other hand, takes a different approach.  :whistle:

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Yes! I love this so much.

On a semi-related note, I happened to see on a few Twitter posts about the win last night that there was the typical leftist outrage against ORU because they expel students for practicing homosexuality. It is apparently simply shocking that a traditional Christian college would espouse traditional Christian values.
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Re: NCAA players take a knee during national anthem
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2021, 06:49:12 pm »
Take a knee Georgetown, get slaughtered.

Mr Ewing should have focused on coaching instead of making political statements with his boys who are yet to be men.
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Re: NCAA players take a knee during national anthem
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2021, 07:03:06 pm »
Quote from: Polly Ticks on March 22, 2021, 09:38:35 am
Yes! I love this so much.

On a semi-related note, I happened to see on a few Twitter posts about the win last night that there was the typical leftist outrage against ORU because they expel students for practicing homosexuality. It is apparently simply shocking that a traditional Christian college would espouse traditional Christian values.
It's been observed (on an ORU-related Facebook page) that ORU frowns on all forms of promiscuity/fornication/premarital sex - not just homosexual activity. So the gays aren't exactly discriminated against, are they?
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