FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas women’s basketball coach Jimmy Dykes wouldn’t say whether players on his team would continue to kneel during the pregame playing the the national anthem.
“Like everything else in our program, that’s day-to-day,” Dykes said at his team’s monthly fan luncheon at Mermaid’s in Fayetteville on Monday. But Dykes said while he supports his players’ rights to express themselves, he thinks people should stand during the anthem.
"Anyone who has ever been around me and knows me, they know that about me," Dykes said. "That is very, very important to me and several of you who are here today.