Athletes Who Skip Anthem Should Lose Scholarship, Governor Suggests
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry believes athletes should "risk" losing their scholarship if they miss the national anthem played before games. Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has suggested that athletes who skip the national anthem should risk losing their scholarship if they do not participate in the Star-Spangled Banner played before games. This comes after the LSU Tigers women's basketball team and head coach Kim Mulkey were not present during the anthem. Landry suggested that all college boards, including Regent, should enforce a policy requiring student-athletes to be present for the national Anthem.
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Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry believes athletes should "risk" losing their scholarship if they miss the national anthem played before games.
Landy made the comment on Tuesday (April 2) after the LSU Tigers women's basketball team and head coach Kim Mulkey weren't on the court when the Star-Spangled Banner played before the team's tournament game against Iowa.
“My mother coached women’s high school basketball during the height of desegregation, no one has a greater respect for the sport and for Coach Mulkey,” Landry wrote on X, formally Twitter. “However, above respect for that game is a deeper respect for those that serve to protect us and unite us under one flag!”
Landry then suggested that athletes who skip the national anthem have their scholarships revoked.
“It is time that all college boards, including Regent, put a policy in place that student-athletes be present for the national anthem or risk their athletic scholarship! This is a matter of respect that all collegiate coaches should instill,” the governor tweeted.