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The University Daily Kansan
Friday, February 25, 2000
Buffs basketball team's prayers under fire from ACLU
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DENVER — Four seconds to go and down by three points against No. 14 Iowa State. Colorado's point guard Jaquay Walls dribled the ball around his back, crossed half court and put up a shot with a prayer.
Walls' 35-footter tied the game and helped Colorado beat Iowa State 102-90 in overtime Saturday. He said he felt like somebody guided that ball in for him — he scored 15 of his 42 points in overtime.
"I was like, why just guide one? Might as well guide the rest that I put up." he said.
Walls is one of the players who paved with Colorado coach Ricardo Patton after practice until the American Civil Liberties Union protested Tuesday.
ACLU officials asked the university to enforce its policy to remain neutral on religion. Patton has agreed to stop leading team prayers while Colorado athletic director Dick Tharp is reviewing the matter.
Both Tharp and Patton were unavailable for comment.
"It's a sad time in the world when we are concerned with people praying." Patton
said, adding that he never forced any player to pray. "But if we were doing anything wrong, then certainly we'll discontinue it."
"Someone's trying to get us in trouble for praying. For praying? I can see if we were hurting someone. That's nonsense," he said.
Walls agreed with Patton's statement.
A member of the Colorado Board of Regents also backed Patton. Tom Lucero said that he didn't believe the voluntary prayer sessions violated school policy.
"I am in full sup
Colorado basket-
ball coach Ricardo
Patton," Lucero
said.
Praying at sporting events became a nationwide issue recently when a
jawsuit challenged the practice in a Santa Fe, Texas, school district. A federal circuit court ruling banned the practice of allowing student-led prayers in high schools in three states. The case is now before the U.S. Supreme Court.
The NCAA doesn't have a specific policy
regarding religion at member colleges or universities, and the ACLU said it was unaware of any recent lawsuits at NCAA schools. The NCAA's principle of nondiscrimination includes religion, but enforcement is left to individual institutions.
Judd Golden, an attorney with the Colorado chapter of the ACLU, said that he had received complaints that Patton led at least 20 prayers after practice in the last two years.
"If he organizes, conducts or encourages religious practice, that's when the coach goes over the line," Golden said. "Players have a short window of time to get close to the coach, and players want to take every opportunity they can to get close to the coach ... Becoming part of Patton's evangelical mission is how you play."
Patton told the Denver Rocky Mountain News that he did not know if players ever seemed uncomfortable with team prayer but that he had never received any complaints.
The ACLU is also awaiting a response from the university on the possible use of money to pay traveling expenses for an unofficial chaplain and the use of a bus to take players to church, Golden said.
BOULDER, Colo. — University of Colorado basketball coach Ricardo Patton's promise to stop asking players to lead voluntary team prayers after practice wasn't enough to satisfy the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Coach's promise to stop not enough
But Colorado athletic director Dick Tharp said the ACUU was off base.
Boulder ACLU representative Judd Golden said that Patton was warned three years ago about prayer yet violated school policy this year.
"His lip service isn't sufficient," Golden said. "There needs to be a clear statement of wrongdoing from Ricardo Patton and the university that the practice won't continue and that the university will provide consequences for those who violate the policy in the future."
The ACLU has said the prayers violate university policy and the Constitution.
A 1985 Colorado policy states that the athletic department would take a neutral stance on religious matters.
It also said coaches shouldn't organize or conduct religious activities, including promotion of prayer or Bible readings by players or coaches.
But Tharp said Patton didn't violate the policy.
Tharp said illegally promoting religion was different from accommodating that opportunity for young people.
"If it's under circumstances where it's voluntary — they're not coerced, they don't feel like they're being compelled or put in an uncomfortable situation — then I have no problem with us providing an opportunity or accommodating that exercise [of religion]," Tharp said.
Golden said he had received complaints about Patton choosing a player to lead prayer after practice, but he wouldn't say who made the complaints.
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