Nebraska regent wants football players kicked off

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Nebraska regent wants football players kicked off

Members of Nebraska's football team kneltduring Dean Marlowe Jersey the national anthem over the weekendleading to a number ofracially tingedthreats in recent days.Amid the backlash, some Huskers fans pre sed forlinebackers Michael Rose-Ivey, Mohamed Barry anddefensive end DaiShon Nealto be kicked off the team, an ideaechoed by Nebraska regent Hal Daub on Tuesday.Its a free country. They dont have to play football for the university either,".They know better, and they had better be kicked off the team. They wont Ifeatu Melifonwu Jersey take the risk to exhibit their free speech in a way that places their circumstance in jeopardy, so let them get out of uniform and do their protesting on somebody elses nickel.Meeting withthe media Monday, Rose-Iveyspoke for more than 12 minutes about the trials and tribulations he's experiencedas a young black man in the United States and why he wants to use his platform to bring attention to the i sues of racial inequality, whichignited the movement NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick started last month.MORE: "I have still been referred to on Facebook and Twitter as a cluele s confused n,byformer high school cla smates, friends, peers and even Husker fans," ."Some said we deserved to be lynched or shot just like the other black people that have died recently.Another believed that since we didnt want to stand for the anthem we should be hung before Jarrad Davis Jersey the anthem for the next game."People a sume this is just internet talk, but I can tell you from my own experience, at this very institution, and visiting other college Detroit Lions T Shirts campuses within the past few years that racism is still a problem that must be addre sed. I cant tell you the numerous amount of times Ive heard the n-word being shouted to my teammates and I by opposing fans behind our bench."MORE: | Although kneeling for the anthem is supposed toshed lighton the racial and social injustices in America,Daub saidNebraska'sstudent-athletesare not supposed to do things that create disparagement or negative implications.Added Daub: Those publicity-seeking athletes ought to rethink the forum in which they chose to i sue their personal views at the expense of everyone else."Another Nebraskaregent, Rob Schafer,is also upset with the protest, tellingtheLincoln Journal Star,University of Halapoulivaati Vaitai Jersey Nebraska athletics is a unifying source of pride for our state that should not be used as a forum for political or social debate."
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