Bluefield College basketball players have decided to stay in the locker room during the pregame playing of the national anthem for the rest of the season rather than risk the potential penalty of additional game forfeitures, forward Stanley Christian said Friday.
A day after the Virginia school forfeited its NAIA Appalachian Athletic Conference game against Reinhardt after suspending all players for kneeling during the national anthem before several games in January and February, Christian said the players met and agreed to salvage the team's season but have no intention to refrain from speaking out against racial injustice and police brutality.