Growing up playing sports in small-town Texas, where white Christians were the majority, a prayer was often a prelude to game day. While I was not particularly religious, I paid no mind and thought of it as the norm.
Even in major league sports, like the National Football League and National Basketball Association, a locker room prayer is a pregame ritual for some teams.
Unlike a small town in Texas though, major league sports are made up of a diverse group of athletes. So, a one-size-fits-all mold doesn’t always work in a locker room full of athletes from other religions, and that’s the problem.