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4/1/2015 6:41 pm
CNN slams basketball legend over Indiana-law silence

CNN host Carol Costello and ex-NFL punter Chris Kluew tag-teamed Duke head basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski in a recent segment, demanding to know why he was so silent about Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act when he has a national platform to denounce it as discriminatory.

Krzyzewski, who’s team is due for a crucial NCAA matchup this weekend, refused to opine on the new law.

“I’m only going to talk about my team and basketball in the Final Four. That’s what I’m going to talk about,” Krzyzewski, also known as Coach K, told a news conference. “Just like when we get to Indiana. I’m not gonna talk about social issues there or poverty or anything else. I’m just gonna talk about this Duke basketball team

Meanwhile, Kluwe, an outspoken advocate for same-sex marriage, said athletes are generally exempt from the burden of speaking out on political hot-button issues – but not so superstar coaches.

Kluwe said Krzyzewski had a responsibility to speak on the law’s impact to society.

“I think a lot of coaches and players for that matter are worried that they will say the wrong thing and that they will bring undue media attention down on themselves,” Kluew said, in the CNN segment. “And so they just think it’s better to say nothing at all.”

He also pointed to the media seminars the NFL offered, where it was suggested, “Hey, if you don’t want to talk about an issue … don’t talk about it,” he said.

But the standard is different for coaches and for players who have reached superstar status, Kluew went on.

“If you are a superstar athlete or a superstar head coach, it is your obligation to be aware of these issues because you will be asked about them and you do have a platform to talk about these things and you should be knowledgeable about it because that is the world you live in,” Kluew said. “That is your society.”

Because he didn’t fall in line with other sports figures condemning the law, CNN does a whole segment attacking him for not saying anything. So this is the double way that they pressure you. If you say the unacceptable thing, then they destroy you. If you don’t say what they want you to say because you saying it would add ammo to their point of view.

Source article by Cheryl Chumley



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