The ugly display of anti-Americanism by the LSU women’s basketball team has brought shame and dishonor upon the state of Louisiana and the governor is calling for big changes.
During this weekend’s NCAA tournament’s Elite 8 rematch pitting the reigning champion Tigers against last year’s finals opponent the Iowa Hawkeyes, coach Kim Mulkey’s squad chose to snub the national anthem by leaving the court in Albany, NY before the Star-Spangled Banner, a stunt that drew widespread criticism.
DEVELOPING STORY: Outrage is building after the LSU women’s basketball team walked off the court for the American National Anthem. Iowa players remained on and held hands in solidarity! pic.twitter.com/8ZLtwc2W13
— Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) April 2, 2024
The Hawkeyes – who stayed on the court and held hands during the anthem – would go on to beat LSU and its thuggish star Angel Reese and her trash-talking teammates 94-87 behind classy star Caitlin Clark who dropped 41 points on the unladylike Tigers.
LSU’s disrespectful conduct drew a stern rebuke from Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry who slammed Mulkey and her squad while calling for it to be made mandatory for Bayou State teams to stand for the national anthem.
“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,” the governor said in a post to X, formerly known as Twitter. “However, above respect for that game is a deeper respect for those that serve to protect us and unite us under one flag!”
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. However, above respect for that game is a deeper respect for those that serve to protect us and unite us under one flag !
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— Jeff Landry (@JeffLandry) April 2, 2024
“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,” Landry added, calling for entitled athletes to have their scholarships stripped if they don’t respect the flag.
When asked about why her team refused to take the court for the national anthem, Coach Mulkey played dumb, acting like she didn’t even know it was being played before the tip-off as it always is.
LSU women’s basketball has been under fire since the team didn’t come out for the national anthem before its Monday night game against the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Head coach Kim Mulkey claims, “Honestly, I don’t even know when the anthem was played.”
Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/JimWwCP9kp
— Julia (@Jules31415) April 2, 2024
“Honestly, I don’t even know when the anthem was played. We kind of a routine where we’re on the floor and then they come off at the 12-minute mark. I don’t know … we come in and we do our pregame stuff. I’m sorry … Listen, that’s nothing intentionally done,” she explained during the postgame press conference.
The practice of protesting the national anthem has become commonplace in post-Obama America, a nation in which hatred of the country has been instilled in the younger generation and LSU’s snub before the nationally televised game is just another example of the sad decline in the long-held traditional values that once made America great.
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Author: Chris Donaldson
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