College suspends players for kneeling during national anthem, causing them to forfeit game

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Several college basketball players were suspended by their school for kneeling during the national anthem, forcing the team to forfeit their game.

Members of the Bluefield College basketball team, which plays in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics league, were suspended by school president David Olive before a game Thursday once he learned that the players had been kneeling for the anthem after being specifically told not to, according to the New York Post.

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