{"id":2212475,"date":"2024-04-03T17:41:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louisiana-governor-jeff-landry-pushes-for-policy-change-after-lsu-misses-national-anthem\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T17:41:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:41:50","slug":"louisiana-governor-jeff-landry-pushes-for-policy-change-after-lsu-misses-national-anthem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louisiana-governor-jeff-landry-pushes-for-policy-change-after-lsu-misses-national-anthem\/","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry advocates for policy change following LSU&#8217;s national anthem omission"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flouisiana-governor-jeff-landry-pushes-for-policy-change-after-lsu-misses-national-anthem%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2212475&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry \u2063called for a new policy mandating student-athletes&#8217; presence for\u2062 the \u2062national anthem \u200dat LSU&#8217;s sporting events. Criticism followed LSU&#8217;s women&#8217;s basketball \u200cteam missing the anthem, prompting the governor to push for change. Coach Kim\u200b Mulkey cited routine timing \u200dfor the oversight, while Iowa defeated LSU \u206494-87 in the game. Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry&#8217;s call for\u2064 a new policy requiring\u200b student-athletes to be present for the national anthem\u200c at LSU&#8217;s sporting events comes after criticism of LSU&#8217;s women&#8217;s basketball team for missing the anthem. Coach Kim Mulkey \u2062explained the team&#8217;s\u2063 absence was due to their routine timing. The incident \u200coccurred before LSU&#8217;s game \u200dagainst Iowa, which Iowa won with a score of 94-87.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/louisiana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Louisiana<\/a> Governor Jeff Landry urged state officials this week to create a new policy that requires student-athletes to be present for the national anthem at sporting events after Louisiana State University\u2019s (LSU) women\u2019s basketball team missed the national anthem during its regional final game this week.<\/p>\n<p>LSU faced intense criticism for not being on the court when the national anthem was played shortly before their game against the Iowa Hawkeyes. Iowa won 94-87.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I don\u2019t even know when the anthem was played,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/sports\/2024\/04\/lsu-basketball-teams-national-anthem-absence-comes-under-fire-on-social-media.html\">said<\/a> LSU coach Kim Mulkey. \u201cWe kind of (have) a routine where we\u2019re on the floor and then they come off at the 12-minute mark. I don\u2019t know \u2026 we come in and we do our pregame stuff. I\u2019m sorry \u2026 Listen, that\u2019s nothing intentionally done.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iowa players holding hands during the American National Anthem. LSU players left the court before the anthem was performed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GhCLHUXiBX\">pic.twitter.com\/GhCLHUXiBX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Zaksheske (@RealDanZak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealDanZak\/status\/1774938110192677111?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Republican governor responded to the backlash that the team faced by saying that officials need to enact a policy requiring athletes to show up for face serious consequences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mother coached women\u2019s high school basketball during the height of desegregation, no one has a greater respect for the sport and for Coach Mulkey,\u201d he said. \u201cHowever, above respect for that game is a deeper respect for those that serve to protect us and unite us under one flag! It is time that all college boards, including Regent, put a policy in place that student athletes be present for the national anthem or risk their athletic scholarship! This is a matter of respect that all collegiate coaches should instill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My mother coached women\u2019s high school basketball during the height of desegregation,  no one has a greater respect for the sport and for Coach Mulkey. However, above respect for that game is a deeper respect for those that serve to protect us and unite us under one flag !<\/p>\n<p>It is\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Landry (@JeffLandry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffLandry\/status\/1775165096945229863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mulkey has recently been in the news after The Washington Post ran a hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2024\/03\/30\/kim-mulkey-lsu-griner-reese\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">piece<\/a> on her that accused her of exploding at officials, treating reporters poorly, holding grudges, and clashing with players.<\/p>\n<p>She reportedly has had an intense feud with Brittney Griner and the report claimed that she was harsh toward gay players \u2014 an accusation that she and her legal team have strongly pushed back against, including providing an affidavit that undercut one of the claims made against her.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry urged state officials to establish a policy mandating student-athletes&#8217; presence for the national anthem at sporting events. LSU&#8217;s women&#8217;s basketball team faced backlash for missing the anthem during a regional final game. 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