It seems like the only athletes that can have their politics in sports without any consequences are the white ones.
Bluefield College president Dr. David Olive saw that the mens basketball team kneeled during the national anthem and told them to stop because of how kneeling is perceived by white people in the country and because some of the alumni, friends, and donors wouldn’t like it.
Olive says he knew that they were kneeling to bring awareness to racial and social injustices in America but didn’t care and told them that bringing awareness was being lost and ignored.
So instead of standing with the players who he said their message was being lost, Olive suspended the team because they didn’t stop kneeling which caused them to forfeit a game.
Just an overall dumb decision by Olive.
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