Role of religion in college sports

Not a fan overall, but also don’t really care as long as he produces results and doesn’t do anything outwardly embarrassing. He’s free to speak to his faith, but I’d get uncomfortable if there is any talk of him trying to “convert” players or influence them in that way, this is why I even view group prayer or other displays in team sports as a slippery slope *if* it’s coming from or directed by the coach. If you were a player how could you NOT be pressured!?

Hadn’t heard that Stoops anecdote, yeah, please don’t do anything like that lol.

 

Spurrier and Bowden were both men of faith, but I seem to recall them handling that differently.

Pat Dooley said that Napier has a rule prohibiting the players from cussing at practice. I wondered whether it applies to all the coaches, lol, but I don't recall hearing Napier cussing - someone can correct me if he does. I'm not religious, but there's a part of me that actually finds it refreshing when someone who publicly expresses faith appears to be making sincere efforts to live by it.

 

As long as BN doesn’t go further than doing the sign of the cross after touchdowns, I’m cool.

 

The reason putting your faith in “God” works is because it is psychologically no different than letting go of an illusion of control you don’t often have to begin with and accepting what is.

As for the question, I’d prefer nothing overt.

Also, it seems only fair that players should be able to blame God for their failures on the field..

 

Well how very narrow-minded of you my fellow gator. Many players and families are quite Christian. Seems you aren’t thinking of how they feel.

 

I’m not religious, and not a fan of mixing religion and education / public institutions. In terms of college athletics, in theory I don’t like it but in practice I’m kind of ok with it, as long as it isn’t particularly threatening to anybody who isn’t of faith or of another faith.

 

Oh I'm uncomfortable and feel discomfort WATCHING Florida football and I'm pretty sure religion has no bearing on that.

 

Maybe that was the "cumulative" part of Brenton Cox being dismissed. One too many F bombs.

 

Less Jesus, more burpees if you want to win, IMO. Christianity is the religion of the passive and meek. We dont want to inherit the earth, we want to beat Georgia. I think perhaps we should look into Satan (or Saban) to get ahead.

 

Depends. That “Jesus for the meek” is the wine sipping, cheese charcuterie eating, private school yuppie kind of Christian. What we need is the smashing beer cans on your forehead, wife swapping, jacked up pickup truck, f your feelings kinda Christian. Those guys know how to win football games.

 

Assemble Kelvin Gemstone's God squad

 

Ha. Part of me questions whether a university or coach can constitutionally prohibit players from using "cuss words" assuming they're not used against another person or in a way that violates another rule, etc. But I also get that sports are somewhat unique. We accept coaches screaming and cussing at refs and players in ways that would probably not be condoned in an office - much less in connection with a university activity. I suppose coaches who don't like that sort of language or behavior should have some latitude in setting standards for the team culture. But I'm also weary of coaches at public schools pushing their religious views on players as well. I haven't heard anything about Napier doing that, and he seems like a solid guy.

 

If we win, I'm cool with it. If we lose, it's the worst thing ever

 

Somebody disagrees…boy you’re missing the mark yet again.

 

If he worshiped Satan instead, he might have stuck with an NFL team

 

From your lips to satans ears.

 

Satan seems more the type to affect the outcome of a football game

 

I mean, you don't hear stories about blues guitarists turning to Jesus to get really good at guitar, they sign up with the devil. When Bob Dylan went briefly Christian, he got worse at music.

 

Hot take. Bob Dylan was always bad at music. Poor man's Tom Petty