Sorry–couldn’t resist the sign. I don’t have much respect for sports.
Ooooh! You quoted the Bible! Taboo! Verboten!
The basketball coach at Texas Tech has been “suspended” for quoting the Bible to one of his players (https://thefederalist.com/2023/03/06/texas-tech-suspends-head-basketball-coach-for-quoting-the-bible/). Seems it was racist! Somehow.
The verses in question supposedly had to do with “serving their masters” and “being more receptive” to coaching. Yes, in several places, the Bible does tell us to serve our masters–because everyone, no matter how high up the ladder, has a master in Jesus Christ. It’s about conscientiousness. It most certainly is not about racism.
What, exactly, is this coach in trouble for? Would he be in the soup if he’d quoted… oh…Obama? Or Lenin? Marx?
Of course not.
College hoops is big business whose purpose is to rake in money. The “education” part is a fig leaf. But in the world of public education, Woke tops every other consideration.
That’s why our country’s on the ropes.