Virginia students protest the sign ban at the UVA v. Richmond football game on Sept. 6. (Photo from ESPN.com/Jon Campbell)
Just over a month after the University of Virginia decided to ban signs from sporting events in an effort to create a ‘positive game-day experience’ (see the Sept. 8, 2008 post, “A ‘Sign’ of the Times?”), UVA’s athletic department announced it was repealing the ban.
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A Memphis fan holds up a sign insulting Tennessee's basketball coaches. (Photo from sportsnationblog's top 10 awesome fan signs in sports)
‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.’
A familiar excerpt from a familiar document (US Bill of Rights, Amendment I).
However, a recent move by the University of Virginia has students and ESPN columnist Rick Reilly insisting that students’ first amendment rights are being violated at the university.
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