WILD theory about why LSU ditched national anthem in game against Iowa



In one of the most viewed women’s college basketball games in history, the Iowa Hawkeyes beat the LSU Tigers in a 94-87 victory, which will advance them to the Final Four.

But Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese weren’t the only subjects of conversation.

LSU made a point to leave the court before the national anthem — as is their habit — while the Hawkeyes “stood holding hands.”

“LSU coach, Kim Mulkey, said that it wasn’t intentional” and that “they have a routine of leaving the court at a certain time,” according to reports.

However, LSU’s heartbreaking loss is what Sara Gonzales calls “karma.”

“That loss couldn’t have happened to a more deserving team,” she says.

While Kim Mulkey certainly has her critics, she also is known as “an antichrist to the left,” says Grant Stinchfield. “She dresses like a female; she doesn’t want dating between girls on the team; she is literally hated by [liberals].”

“I actually believe [Mulkey] when she says they went in before [the song],” he says, but regardless, “you should know when the national anthem is, especially in the political climate we live in.”

“I guess, then, my question would just be why is the routine time always coinciding with the national anthem?” asks Sara.

Grant may just have a theory that answers Sara’s question.

“Is this a setup job on her because she’s so despised?” he asks, noting that “there’s something fishy going on between Iowa and LSU.”

“Conspiracy theories in this day and age end up always being true, so that's a fascinating one,” says Sara.


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A former Hokies soccer player is suing the Virginia Tech women's soccer head coach for allegedly forcing her off the team after she refused to kneel with teammates prior to a game last autumn. Kiersten Hening, a former starting defender and midfielder for the Hokies, has filed a federal lawsuit against Virginia Tech head women's soccer coach Charles "Chugger" Adair, a former professional soccer player who has been the head coach at Virginia Tech since 2011.

The lawsuit, which was filed on March 3 in the Roanoke Division of the United States District Court's Western District of Virginia, alleges that Adair "benched her, subjected her to repeated verbal abuse, and forced her off the team," according to WSLS-TV. The suit claims that Adair's actions violated Hening's First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The lawsuit alleges that Hening's refusal to kneel is protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Hening, a junior at Virginia Tech, is labeled as a "talented defender" who started nearly all of the Hokies' games in her freshman and sophomore seasons, according to the suit. As a freshman, Hening appeared in all 22 games and started in 19 of them. As a sophomore, she appeared in all 19 matches, was a starter in the last 18 contests, and had the second-most minutes played among field players, according to the Hokies women's soccer website.

Hening was featured multiple times in the Hokies Women's Soccer 2019 season highlights video uploaded to YouTube by the Virginia Tech Athletics account.

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Hening, a former star soccer player at James River High School, claims Coach Adair launched into a "campaign of abuse and retaliation" after she refused to kneel before the team's season-opening game on Sept. 12, 2020, against the Virginia Cavaliers.

"While her teammates knelt during the pregame reading of the Atlantic Coast Conference's unity pledge — a show of support for the social justice movement and Black Lives Matter — Hening and one other unidentified player remained standing," the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.

"Coach Adair berated Hening for her stance" during halftime of the game, the lawsuit states. "He singled her out and verbally attacked her, pointing a finger directly in her face. He denounced Hening for 'bitching and moaning,' for being selfish and individualistic, and for 'doing her own thing.'"

Because of Coach Adair's decision, Hening didn't start in the Hokies' next match against Clemson on Sept. 17 and did not start in the third game of the season on Sept. 20. After not starting in consecutive games, Hening left the program.

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The 21-year-old Hening said Adair "made conditions for Hening so intolerable that she felt compelled to resign," despite not wanting to leave the team.

As reported in Outkick:

The lawsuit alleges that on September 1, 2020, a student-athlete advisory committee discussed proposals for student-athletes to wear BLM COVID masks, BLM wristbands, armbands and BLM shirts during warmups. The soccer team discussed the proposal and "most" players supported the idea. Hening claims Adair supported the proposals and went even further with an idea to replace "Hokies" on the back of the team uniform with the names of alleged victims of police misconduct.

"Hening's stance was costly — too costly," the suit says. "Her coach dislikes Hening's political views."

Hening says she "supports social justice and believes black lives matter" but "does not support the BLM organization."

"While Hening supports social justice and believes that black lives matter, she does not support the BLM organization," the lawsuit reads. "She disagrees with its tactics and core tenets of its mission statement, including defunding the police and eliminating the nuclear family."

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Hening is seeking the following:

  • A judgment that Adair violated both her First and Fourteenth Amendment rights
  • The ability to rejoin the team without any adverse action against her for exercising her First Amendment rights
  • Have Adair undergo First Amendment training
  • Compensatory, punitive, and nominal damages
  • Her legal fees

Adair, who is the Hokies' all-time winningest coach at 126-62-20, declined to comment on the lawsuit. He is being represented by Virginia Tech attorneys. The university is not named as a defendant in the lawsuit.

Athletes kneeling before sporting events became a major powder-keg issue in 2016, when then-San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem.

"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick said at the time. "To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."

Following the police-involved death of George Floyd last summer, kneeling before games as a sign of protest against police brutality and a call for racial justice was carried out by players of professional and amateur sports leagues.

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HS principal allegedly says football players should stand for national anthem or quit team. Now he's on leave.



A Louisiana high school principal is under fire after a text he allegedly sent saying that football players should stand for the national anthem or quit the team.

What are the details?

Rob Howle — principal of Liberty High School in Baton Rouge — is on administrative leave after allegedly texting a suggestion to make it "mandatory that the players stand for the national anthem or this team will never get [any more] support from the administration," WBRZ-TV reported.

The station said a handful of students took a knee during the anthem at the first game. WBRZ added that the text in question also said "that was embarrassing. Playing football is a privilege not a right. If they don't want to stand they can turn in their equipment and we will refund their money."

Image source: WBRZ-TV video screenshot

An image of the text message, dated Oct. 1, was posted on social media and came to the attention of the East Baton Rouge Parish school system on Thursday, the Advocate reported.

What else did the district have to say?

Taylor Gast, a spokeswoman for the school system, told the Advocate the message appears to be real and that the recipient of the text also works for the school system — but Gast would not identify that individual.

The Advocate also said the district issued a statement Thursday saying it launched an investigation and that "… as a result, an administrator has been placed on administrative leave." Gast identified the administrator as Howle, the outlet said, adding that Howle did not return a message seeking comment.

The district told WBRZ it "respects students' rights to freedom of speech and expression" and cited the following policy concerning the Pledge of Allegiance and the national anthem:

At the beginning of each school day, time shall be permitted for those students and teachers desiring to do so to observe a brief time in silent meditation (not intended or identified as a religious exercise), which shall not exceed five minutes, and for reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.

Every assembly or meeting in each school should begin with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and with the playing or the singing of the National Anthem, and all students shall be encouraged to learn the words of the National Anthem. Throughout the playing (singing) of the National Anthem and/or the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, students shall be encouraged to exhibit respectful behavior.

Anything else?

Liberty High is a new name for the school. The Advocate said its old name — Lee High — was tossed in July amid the nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd in late May in Minneapolis. The outlet added that Lee High opened in 1959 as Robert E. Lee High School, named after the Confederate general.

Howle is starting his third year as principal, the Advocate said, adding that soon after he took over he relaunched the football program that had been dormant for a decade.

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