Three Years After Kneeling For the Anthem Are ETSU Sports Destroyed?

On February 15, 2021 Jesse Krull of WJHL-TV reported ETSU’s men’s basketball team knelt for the national anthem prior to their game at Chattanooga. And the athletic department has never been the same.

Three years ago today Jesse Krull of WJHL reported the ETSU men’s basketball team knelt for the national anthem.

From WJHL. A little known fact is this was actaully the third time the team knelt for the anthem but the first time it was reported.

Locals were outraged.

Boosters withheld support.

The incident was poorly handled by ETSU administration trying to play both sides.

The team’s explanation was late and unsatisfactory/

ETSU bought out the coach’s contract.

And perhaps most telling- the Bucs lost the rest of their games that season save for a Southern Conference victory against a team with a COVID decimated roster.

And since then the ETSU sports with legitimate fan bases have been dreadful. While the football team had enough in place to win 16 of their 20 games in 2021, ETSU has since posted the worst record in league play in the Southern Conference, with only a schedule padded with a couple of Division II cupcakes preventing them from having the worst overall record.

Basketball hasn’t been much better. Chattanooga’s 84–71 victory on Wednesday night…