Is Freedom of Speech Allowed in College Football?

 


Now you would normally think that freedom of speech is allowed for everyone and it should be. Sadly, this is not the case for certain college athletes. In 2017, college football player, Donald De La Haye was removed from the UCF football team and no longer received any of his scholarships. Now you may be asking, why was he removed from the team? The reasoning he was removed was of what he posted on his own social media accounts. So he was removed from the team for practicing his right of freedom of speech.

Donald went to UCF on scholarships to play football. He was an amazing athlete who loved to make social media videos. Donald's following started growing and soon enough he had many followers on all of his accounts. On the Goldwater Institute website it states, "In the summer of 2017, UCF summarily removed Donald from its football team and rescinded his scholarship due to his monetized use of his own name and likeness on his social media accounts." The NCAA have some rules that try and limit these athletes freedom of speech and what they are allowed to post. 

Just because someone has a large following on social media for what they post, doesn't mean they should be kicked off of a football team and lose their scholarships. That completely eliminates the right to freedom of speech and expression. This situation was very wrong and unfair to Donald himself. He loved playing football and all because he posted his personal life on his social media, he was removed from continuing his dream of playing football. This case was a complete violation to his freedom of speech. #FreeedomofSpeech #AthletesDeserveBetter #ProtectFreedomofSpeech

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