If you’re a coach on the professional or college level, you should assume that someone is going to ask what you would do if one of your players decided to protest the national anthem before a game. Syracuse Orange women’s basketball coach Quentin Hillsman got the question from Syracuse.com’s Lindsay Kramer and Coach Q appears to be on the side of #TeamFreeSpeech.
"You know, that's freedom of speech. I think if that's what you believe in and it's not breaking the law and it's your right as an American citizen, you have a right to do what you want to do,'' he said.