I'm getting sick of how evangelical Christians are inserting religion into college sports.

[mrmpa]

45. I have a nephew who while playing high school football.....

had a number of teammates who were from India. I asked him if they understood the game, he said not really, but learning and they do like it very much. We talked more about his team & coaches (public school), and I learned that his coach while in the locker room would gather the players around him, and the coach would offer prayers (christian) and words of encouragement (in a religious tone). I asked how the players from India handled this, he said they seemed confused.

My nephew, ever a liberal, and believing that religion has no place in a public school or locker room, found other things to do, while the coach prosletyzed. The coach would give him glaring looks but never spoke to my nephew. Perhaps the coach knew he was on treacherous ground.

He's now in college playing football and he says in his program, there are those players who evoke their christianity, but nothing comes from the coaches. This is a private university, which has a religious history, but it's not ever present.

Another nephew played high school baseball at a catholic school, when he came up to bat he always blessed himself, I was okay with that. However when he started playing baseball at a state university, I had a problem that he continued this practice.

Anyway, religion is present from the high school level on up. It has probably creeped down into the middle school level also. I don't have a problem with athletes having beliefs, but insisting that God is responsible for their wins is a hard one for me to swallow.