|
| Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry posted a tweet the morning after
| LSU's 94-87 loss to Iowa calling for the Louisiana Board of
| Regents to create a policy mandating that student-athletes
| be present for a pregame national anthem or risk losing
| their scholarships.
| ...
| The governor's request was met with overall befuddlement
| from LSU and its administrators. Jimmy Clarke, the
| University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors chair,
| told the Louisiana Illuminator, "I see some difficulties in
| trying to enforce something like that," while the state's
| commissioner of higher education, Kim Hunter Reed, noted
| that the board of regents plays no role in decisions about
| scholarships.
|
| Meanwhile, an LSU spokesperson pointed out in a statement
| that both the men's and women's basketball teams have
| stayed in the locker room during the national anthem for a
| long time, preparing for the game instead:
| ...
<https://sports.yahoo.com/louisiana-gov-jeff-landry-threatens-scholarships-after-lsu-players-miss-national-anthem-before-iowa-loss-225624196.html>

--bks

bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) wrote in
news:uujlq0$92u$1@panix3.panix.com:

> |
> | Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry posted a tweet the morning after
> | LSU's 94-87 loss to Iowa calling for the Louisiana Board of
> | Regents to create a policy mandating that student-athletes
> | be present for a pregame national anthem or risk losing
> | their scholarships.
> | ...
> | The governor's request was met with overall befuddlement
> | from LSU and its administrators. Jimmy Clarke, the
> | University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors chair,
> | told the Louisiana Illuminator, "I see some difficulties in
> | trying to enforce something like that," while the state's
> | commissioner of higher education, Kim Hunter Reed, noted
> | that the board of regents plays no role in decisions about
> | scholarships.
> |
> | Meanwhile, an LSU spokesperson pointed out in a statement
> | that both the men's and women's basketball teams have
> | stayed in the locker room during the national anthem for a
> | long time, preparing for the game instead:
> | ...
> <https://sports.yahoo.com/louisiana-gov-jeff-landry-threatens-scholarsh
> ips-after-lsu-players-miss-national-anthem-before-iowa-loss-225624196.h
> tml>
>
> --bks
>

The rightwing fixation on the national
anthem amazes me. For most of US history
the anthem didn't even EXIST, yet now it
(and the pldege of allegiance) is treated
as a Holy Mantra that must be recited by
all everywhere or the Empire will fall.