"Faith, Football and the Fervent Religious Culture at Dabo Swinney's Clemson" (SI article)

Meh, as long as he doesn't force/pressure his team to participate and he doesn't shun the concept of other religions being practiced by his players/staff (or the idea of not practicing religion at all), I'm not going to lose sleep over this or get upset over it. 

Clemson is the deep south, folks. Lonnnnng way from Ann Arbor. Dabo Swinney is an "aww shucks" kind of guy (at least that's the way he portrays himself) who has gone on record and said that America has "got a sin problem." That's the kind of thought process and mentality you're going to find a lot of down south. Religion is much, much more in the driver's seat in these parts. We live in Atlanta, and we have folks a few houses down from my wife and I who after they met us, probably their second question to us after asking our names was "what church do you go to?" We're not religious, and those kinds of conversations have taken a little getting used to because you're sometimes a bit of a village pariah down here if you aren't parked in a pew every Sunday morning, but that's kind of what you sign up for when you live south of the Mason-Dixon line. 

TL;DR version: as long as he doesn't force his beliefs on his players and doesn't force participation, there's no point in fighting this. Its very much a product of the area of the country he lives in, and protesting it isn't worth your's or anyone's time. 

ROFLMAO $$$$

For all of the people that believe this, they've also got a brand new pill on the market that makes women more interested in sex...guess what... it's called $$$$$$$$ as well.

well. the evangelicals rationalize supporting Trump because he gets them what they want.

so, ipso facto, supporting law breaking or rule breaking must be fine as long as you are getting what you want.  

Why Satan ain't figured this out yet cornfuses me.  

what the hell do i know.  i'm just a chimp with a pistol

I dont need to read it to know its a whole bunch of horseshit. If religion is a high priority, you dont go to Clemson. The religious thing is wolf in sheep clothing.

I wouldn't have a problem with it if it seemed genuine and wasn't so over the top. But it doesn't, and it is.

At that point, Patrick Elliott, an FFRF attorney, opened an investigation and, in April 2014, sent Clemson a letter noting that the First Amendment prohibited the school, as a public institution, from supporting, promoting or endorsing religion. The letter asked Clemson to stop its team prayers, Bible studies and organized church trips.

This guy should probably read the First Amendment.  It most certainly does not prohibit Swinney from promoting religion.  In fact, it does the exact opposite opposite: it protects Swinney's right to promote religion.

A fraud is a fraud.  Whether it be "fake christian", a "bad cop/lawyer/judge", pedophile educator, Sinning clergy, etc.  

Dabo Swinney is a fraud.  Simple.

Dabo is a cheating, shitty person who doesn't have the best interests of his players at heart then hides behind his "holier than thou" Christian persona. It's infuriating

The thing that is most annoying about Dabo is that he is so adament against players getting paid, as if it is a sin, while he has no qualms signing a $100 million contract. That much money is available for him because the players are essentially playing for free. Dabo would be selling insurance if he weren't a coach, and in fact did sell insurance before he got into coaching. 

For me, as a non-Christian, it's about the exclusion.  At one point in the article, someone says something to the effect of "nobody feels pressured, it's all self-selection, if they feel uncomfortable they wouldn't come here."  To me, that raises issues of whether Clemson would ever feel like a place where a Josh Rosen (Jewish) or a Mustapha Muhammad (Muslim) or a Sione Houma (Mormon?) would feel comfortable enrolling in the first place, or if they'd even get recruited at all (related question, is there a current or recent Jewish Wolverine you'd use as an example?).

Because God really cares about football games...lmao

     ...who knew?...turns out that in the new(est) testament Jesus was totally OK w/PEDs & "Rendering to Caesar the things that are Caesar's" ...as long as his last name isn't Ruiz

Cheating is immoral.  The last few years however have shown us that most Christians could give zero *%$&s about morality in choosing a leader.  Why would choosing a leader of a football team be any different?  

Dabo = Dirty hypocrite.  He is very slimy.  Lots of money flowing from the program to recruits. 

I’m a big Dabo fan.  I love his story.  Neg me! ?‍♂️ 

The comments in this whole thread make me go....