TCU coach Gary Patterson said he hasn’t talked to his players about national anthem protests because it hasn’t been necessary, but also that, “You’ve got to allow people to be people.”
“No. 1, our university is free speech,” Patterson said Tuesday at a bye week press conference when asked what he would tell a player who wanted to protest like some NFL players who have knelt during the anthem to highlight racial injustice.
“I’m going to answer you like this: This doesn’t have anything to do with all of that, this just has to do with everything in general,” Patterson said.