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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry urged state officers to enact a coverage that requires student-athletes to be current for the nationwide anthem after the LSU ladies’s basketball crew acquired harsh backlash for lacking the nationwide anthem earlier than its regional remaining recreation towards Iowa Monday night time.
The Republican governor turned the newest determine to name out the Tigers for being noticeably absent throughout the nationwide anthem.
LSU ahead Angel Reese, middle, and LSU guard Flau’jae Johnson, proper, discuss as Reese leaves the courtroom throughout the fourth quarter of an Elite Eight spherical recreation throughout the NCAA Event Monday, April 1, 2024, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Picture/Mary Altaffer)
“My mom coached ladies’s highschool basketball throughout the top of desegregation, nobody has a better respect for the game and for Coach [Kim] Mulkey,” Landry wrote in a submit on X.
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“Nonetheless, above respect for that recreation is a deeper respect for those who serve to guard us and unite us below one flag!
“It’s time that every one school boards, together with Regent, put a coverage in place that pupil athletes be current for the nationwide anthem or threat their athletic scholarship! It is a matter of respect that every one collegiate coaches ought to instill.”
Jeff Landry, the previous legal professional basic of Louisiana, throughout a Weaponization of the Federal Authorities Subcommittee listening to in Washington, D.C., March 30, 2023. (Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures)
A video from OutKick’s Dan Zaksheske confirmed Iowa gamers on the courtroom holding palms throughout “The Star-Spangled Banner.” LSU had left the courtroom proper earlier than the anthem was performed.
LSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COMES UNDER SCRUTINY FOR MISSING NATIONAL ANTHEM BEFORE GAME VS. IOWA
Mulkey stated after the loss to Iowa her crew’s absence was “routine.”
“Truthfully, I do not even know when the anthem was performed,” Mulkey stated, by way of OutKick. “We type of have a routine when (our gamers are) on the ground, and so they come off on the 12-minute mark (previous to the sport).”
Head coach Kim Mulkey of the LSU Tigers throughout the first half towards the Iowa Hawkeyes within the Elite Eight of the NCAA Event at MVP Area April 1, 2024, in Albany, N.Y. (Sarah Stier/Getty Pictures)
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Based on nola.com, neither USC nor UConn had been current for the nationwide anthem earlier than their Elite Eight recreation Monday night time.
The Tigers have not been current for the nationwide anthem all season, and so they weren’t current for it throughout final 12 months’s nationwide championship.
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