Feud Over Soccer Player Refusing to Kneel Gets Worse After She Wins $100K Settlement

Feud Over Soccer Player Refusing to Kneel Gets Worse After She Wins $100K Settlement

THE SIGNAL

A First Amendment feud between a college soccer player and her school has only grown worse despite the fact that she won a large monetary settlement.
Former Virginia Tech women’s soccer player Kiersten Hening filed a lawsuit against head coach Charles “Chugger” Adair, saying that he verbally attacked her and decreased her playing time after she refused to kneel in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
She eventually agreed to a monetary settlement of $100,000, which included no wrongdoing on the part of her or the coach. But although a settlement has been reached, the fighting seems to be far from over. In fact, it has only gotten worse.

On Monday, 76 current and former Virginia Tech women’s soccer players signed a statement in defense of Adair, claiming that the allegation …

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