Posted on 10/27/2017 3:41:02 PM PDT by God luvs America
Edited on 10/27/2017 3:49:56 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
POINT LOOKOUT, Mo. -- The NAIA has agreed to move its Division II men's basketball tournament from a private Missouri college because of the school's stance on the national anthem.
The Springfield News-Leader reports that the College of the Ozarks asked for the tournament to be moved because the NAIA had refused its request to require players to stand during the national anthem and would not plan a forum to discuss the issue before the tournament began.
(Excerpt) Read more at espn.com ...
If these athletes were protesting for pro-life or Christianity, the left would be 100% against the protest.
All the school wanted was a pledge that there would be no kneeling, but these days that’s asking too much apparently.
Now the community loses the revenue and entertainment of a tournament that’s been there 18 years.
A story with more info.
http://www.ky3.com/content/news/Lack-of-action-by-NAIA-spurs-tournament-venue-change-at-College-of-the-Ozarks-453670353.html
It’s good to see a body of higher education standing on principle.
aka Hard Work U
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