The Beaumont Bulls youth football team followed Colin Kaepernick's protest in taking a knee during the national anthem. It became a problem to the board of the league and they decided to fire the head coach, Rah-Rah Barber. They believed he was the one behind the decision of the anthem protest when in reality it was the player's decision. Once the players found out their coach had been fired they decided to protest that as well causing the league to make up the excuse that the team "didn't have enough players to continue the season" and they cut the football team's season short by cancelling it. They would have been on their way to the playoffs if the league wouldn't have fired their coach causing them to protest the wrongful firing.
This is educational to me because I believe that if it was an all white football team there'd be no problem and they'd be able to continue on with their season no problem. It's also a little emotional in a way. Emotional because it's sad that we have a first amendment but when we exercise it we get punished for it. They were on their way to the playoffs and preferred to stand behind their coach then to continue their season. It's enlightening as well because it's enlightening us on the way the world is set up. Yes, you have a right to protest as you please but from the world's perspective if you're protesting for black lives your protest is automatically wrong.
Title of Article: Ex-Youth Football Coach Discusses Canceled Season Over Anthem Protests
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