EAST LANSING – Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio had no choice but to support his players’ right to protest during the national anthem.
Same for Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh, the Golden State Warriors’ Steve Kerr and other football and basketball coaches who’ve been asked about their players’ demonstrations — or likely demonstrations — during “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
They either make it clear they understand the players’ side of the issue or they risk losing their team.
What Dantonio and Harbaugh said after their respective games Saturday — after several players on both teams raised their fists during the playing of the anthem — wasn’t simply significant because it was accepting of that personal choice.