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LSU Athletes not to wear LSU gear when talking Alton Sterling
Posted on 5/4/17 at 9:50 am
Posted on 5/4/17 at 9:50 am
The LSU athletic department, in an email sent to its 350-plus athletes, communicated its “respect and support” for them to publicly express their opinions regarding the Alton Sterling case, but cautioned the athletes to be mindful of media attention and respectful to others.
The mass email, sent Wednesday afternoon, was obtained by The Advocate from multiple sources. An LSU spokesman declined comment when reached.
In the email, LSU senior associate athletics director Miriam Segar offers counseling for those athletes who need it, encourages them to avoid “potentially violent situations” and insists they not wear LSU gear when expressing their opinion on the matter.LINK
The mass email, sent Wednesday afternoon, was obtained by The Advocate from multiple sources. An LSU spokesman declined comment when reached.
In the email, LSU senior associate athletics director Miriam Segar offers counseling for those athletes who need it, encourages them to avoid “potentially violent situations” and insists they not wear LSU gear when expressing their opinion on the matter.LINK
This post was edited on 5/4/17 at 9:51 am
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Posted on 5/4/17 at 9:51 am to BowDownToLSU
am I supposed to think this is a big deal?
Posted on 5/4/17 at 9:51 am to BowDownToLSU
Good. Most of their opinions are probably uniformed anyway.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 9:52 am to BowDownToLSU
So LSU is doing damage control because the city its located in has pretty shitty leadership? Good on them.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 9:52 am to BowDownToLSU
Just like you're not allowed to make political statements in uniform. Makes sense.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 9:52 am to BowDownToLSU
They can wear whatever they want.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 9:52 am to LSUSoulja08
Just wait till Gravy spins it... it will be a big deal
Posted on 5/4/17 at 9:52 am to BowDownToLSU
I think that's reasonable. 
But it should also apply to their social media accounts. Avatar, screen name, etc...
But it should also apply to their social media accounts. Avatar, screen name, etc...
Posted on 5/4/17 at 9:52 am to bbap
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Good. Most of their opinions are probably uniformed anyway.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 9:52 am to LSUTANGERINE
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They can wear whatever they want.
Sure. And there can be consequences to your "free speech".
Posted on 5/4/17 at 9:53 am to BowDownToLSU
i think this is about as appropriate a way to deal with this as an athletic admin can do.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 9:53 am to LSUTANGERINE
You realize their scholarships aren't guaranteed, right? Sure, go get all "entitled" on everyone and your broke arse will have to pay for college just like the rest of the world.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 9:54 am to BowDownToLSU
It's a good move by the University.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 9:54 am to LSUTANGERINE
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They can wear whatever they want.
just like you wear women's clothes?
Posted on 5/4/17 at 9:54 am to lsuhunt555
its not a big deal... when this went down... many athletes stayed quite about it to the media
Posted on 5/4/17 at 9:54 am to Brageous
i'll just leave it as uniformed.Posted on 5/4/17 at 9:55 am to Nado Jenkins83
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just like you wear women's clothes?
And just like I wear a condom with your mom to protect myself
Posted on 5/4/17 at 9:55 am to BowDownToLSU
Who cares. They don't want anyone speaking for the whole university just like no business would want a single employee representing the whole company unless they were appointed to do so.
Posted on 5/4/17 at 9:57 am to LSUTANGERINE
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And just like I wear a condom with your mom to protect myself
original.
why you mad? pissed the thug Alton is not getting "justice"?
Posted on 5/4/17 at 9:58 am to LSUTANGERINE
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They can wear whatever they want.
Go on the news wearing your employer's logo and make a political statement that may reflect poorly upon the company because half of your clients will strongly disagree with your stance. See how that works out for you.
LSU athletic department is playing this smart. They're not trying to restrict the athletes' right to speak out, but just asking them not to wear LSU gear while doing it to avoid backlash from boosters threatening to withhold donations.
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