Can college players protest???

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

Listening to local sports radio I heard..

"So glad our university's have the sense not to allow this behavior "

In reference to the NFL

[Ms. Toad]

1. At least those at public universities probably have an even stronger right to protest.

Employees have few rights to engage in political speech while on the job, beyond those permitted by their employers.

It is much harder to suppress political speech by students at a public university, on the other hand, because doing so implicates state action and the first amendment.

[Johnny2X2X]

2. Allow?

That's the word I keep hearing throughout this that is a bell whistle for racism. "Allow", it suggests white people have the power over black people to allow them to speak or not to speak. It's an incredible telling and loaded word IMO.

You know what "allows" people to speak their minds and make the statements that they want to make? Being a human being.

And college football has huge race problems, you have 89% of the coaches in D1 being white while almost 60% of the players are black. You have White administrators, white coaches, white boosters, and white owned businesses all making money off from unpaid black college football players. And don't give me any bull about the value of a free education, in most cases the players are not allowed by the coaches to take "real" college classes because they don't want the players to be focused on anything other than football.

Allow? What the racists are getting at with that word is that, "blacks should just be happy that they're allowed to be free, and you better watch out, because we still really own you."

[brooklynite]

5. Disagree...

...for example, the question of whether a team at a Public University can pray together would likely fall into the same category.

[unc70]

3. College players rarely on the field for the anthems

At a typical college football game, the national anthem is played at the end of the pregame band performance, before the teams return to the field.

[rurallib]

4. maybe off topic, but is the national anthem played at college games?

I honestly don't know. I do watch college sports and can't recall if they paly the anthem.
Shows what a big impression it makes if they do.

I know pro sports do because it has always pissed me off when I go for a game and have to join in a fakey patriotic display.

And Republicans do it at what few townhalls they have. Fakey bullshit.

[Thor_MN]

6. Not looking forward to Basketball season...

I share season tickets to Minnesota Gophers Basketball with some friends/coworkers, two of which have turned rather conservative.

The players are on the court for the national anthem. The father of one of the players, an alumni and star player in his day, has seats not far from ours. The seats next to ours belong to friends of the family.

I'm really hoping that cheato is gone soon. If I'm sitting on the inside seat and the friends take a knee, I'm going to as well...

[California_Republic]

7. University of Nebraska players did in September

And the university supported them ( football)