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| U. Oklahoma coaches claim they can discipline players for their politics |
| 2021-08-09 |
| [CollegeFix] Two women’s volleyball coaches at the University of Oklahoma argue in a legal motion that they have the right to discipline players for their political beliefs. Player Kylee McLaughlin sued coaches Lindsey and Kyle Walton along with the OU Board of Regents earlier this year, alleging "she had been excluded from the team [...] over her politically conservative views." The OU Daily reported that McLaughlin, the OU team captain and first team All-Big 12 selection in 2018 and 2019, had made comments that "at least one" of her teammates considered "racist" following a team viewing of the Netflix documentary "13th." McLaughlin was told to attend a follow-up discussion on the issue — mass incarceration of black Americans — which she did. Later, after McLaughlin had tweeted out her disagreement (a skull and crossbones and laughing clown emojis) at the University of Texas’s possible dropping of its school song "The Eyes of Texas," Lindsey Walton "urg[ed] her to delete [the] tweet." In a subsequent hour-long phone conversation, she told McLaughlin "I can’t save you when you get into the real world when you leave here." Kyle Walton allegedly told McLaughlin "[I’m] not sure I can coach you anymore." McLaughlin did end up apologizing to U. Texas’s volleyball players and head coach for her tweet. Related: University of Oklahoma: 2020-07-12 West Virginia Democrats Silent About Memorials To KKK-Supporting Colleague University of Oklahoma: 2018-09-13 Study Claims Gifted Math Classes Promote 'Academic Apartheid' University of Oklahoma: 2017-10-03 This Supreme Court Case Could Radically Reshape Politics |
| Posted by:Anomalous Sources |
| #7 Now that college athletes are going to be mostly focused on their endorsements and other cash, the quality of the product is going straight to sh*t... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-08-09 11:43 |
| #6 ..in most states the governor appoints the school's regents aka patronage rewards. Maybe the governor needs a call too about who he's left the university in charge of. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-08-09 11:26 |
| #5 Hello, Oklahoma legislature! I think you fund the University of Oklahoma and all the attendant shenanigans? Would you care to do something about it? |
| Posted by: Tom 2021-08-09 10:15 |
| #4 Rule #1 to all athletes. You are here to compete in your chosen sport. You are not here play politics or engage social issues. You are not here to polarize the teams fans politically or socially. You are here for 1 reason only to compete and make the fans proud of their Team. Therefore, you acknowledge as a representative of the Team you shall not negatively impact or attempt to impact Fan solidarity with comments or actions. You acknowledge there will be only 1 warning with a 3 game suspension. The 2nd offense will result in immediate removal from the team for the remainder of the season. You acknowledge, if removed from the team, it will impact your scholarship and other related financial aid privileges status. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-08-09 06:47 |
| #3 They have a dot, gotta think about the rest of the area who send their kids to that school. Those farmers an such don't tend to be like to be told how to think or what to do. |
| Posted by: Chris 2021-08-09 01:15 |
| #2 Believe it. The Oklahoma University faculty and administration has had a desire to be more Ivy League than Hah-verd for decades. Think of it as a bluish-purple blot in the center of the state. |
| Posted by: magpie 2021-08-09 01:04 |
| #1 Go ahead and put your names out there woke dumbasses. Oklahoma doesn't seem like the place to do it. |
| Posted by: Chris 2021-08-09 00:35 |