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The athletes have a job to do and that is compete. The coaches have a job to get the athletes ready and organized to compete. Let them do their jobs.

They aren’t employees. If they were you wouldn’t like the results as it pertains to this issue.

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If the governor wants a pregame patriotic performance, send out a team of baton twirlers in red, white and blue uniforms. The teams are busy.

Not really relevant to the point. Completely non responsive to the code of conduct point. I did notice you skipped over the comparison of what Landry did to what the feds did with social media. Certainly you agree that was coercion, right?

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Posted by TD422

Destrehan, LA

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Posted on 4/5/24 at 8:23 am to BBONDS25

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They aren’t employees

I'm interested in running with this and digging further...couldn't a case be made that they are "de facto" employees as the NIL money is due to their association with the university? I'm not arguing a position one way or the other, I'm just interested as to how that debate might hash out.

I do believe the athletes should be present and standing, however. Not through the use of legislation - but consequences. If you want to kneel, fine. But you have to accept being booed, heckled, etc. You can't pick when your free speech applies and others is denied. Of course, there's a line there too...

Mainly, I'm pissed off that the one minute we used to have to remind us that there's something that binds us - the anthem - has been torn apart. Leftists: "You can't force us to kneel!". Same leftists: "If you don't use my pronouns you should be jailed!".

Rant {OFF}.

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