Following in the footsteps of Colin Kaepernick and other athletes around the country, East Carolina band members kneeled during the national anthem Saturday ahead of the team's tilt with Central Florida.
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The band was also booed during halftime.
The ECU Band was boo'ed loudly during halftime of today's game. pic.twitter.com/iA2T21XDwd
— Pirate Radio ☠️ (@PR927FM) October 1, 2016
Reactions were varied after the stance:
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At ECU football game. Idiot band members kneel for Anthem. Fans boo them off the field. #merica
— Mike Enright (@Menright24) October 1, 2016
Really ashamed of the ECU band members that refused to stand and play the national anthem.
— WS ❄️ (@w_stroud33) October 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/ilovekenyas/status/782288978410110977
These are your rights. Never let anyone tell you any different. It's what we fight for. Proud of you all #ecuband
— K (@K3SI) October 1, 2016
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The move comes just a week after the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons changed things up by joining hands at midfield ahead of their Monday night tilt.
There has been plenty of controversy surrounding the national anthem protests, started by Kaepernick to take a stand against the oppression of "black people and people of color."
The movement has shifted throughout the sports world, with some high school athletes laying on their backs with hands up and college athletes receiving alleged death threats.
NBA star LeBron James and Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton are among athletes who have yet to, and by all accounts won't protest the national anthem.
(H/T 247sports)
